Road traffic and adverse respiratory effects in children

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 771-778

  Ciccone, Giovannino ^a   Forastiere, Francesco ^b   Agabiti, Nera ^b   Biggeri, Annibale ^c   Bisanti, Luigi ^d   Chellini, Elisabetta ^e   Corbo, Giuseppe ^f   Dell'Orco, Valerio ^b   Dalmasso, Paola ^a   Fatur Volante, Tadeja ^a   Galassi, Claudia ^g   Piffer, Silvano ^h   Renzoni, Elisabetta ⁱ   Rusconi, Franca ^j   Sestini, Piersante ⁱ   Viegi, Giovanni ^k  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Department of Epidemiology   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d Local Health Unit N 38   (Italy)

^e CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^g Regional Health Documentation Centre   (Italy)

^h Provincial Health Authority   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^k INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Childhood respiratory health; Diesel exhaust; Traffic air pollution

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBANIZATION; WHEEZING;

EID: 0342577309     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.11.771     Document Type: Article

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