Respiratory health and long-term exposure to air pollutants in Swiss schoolchildren

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1042-1049

  Braun Fahrlander C ^a   Vuille, J C ^b   Sennhauser, F H ^b   Neu, U ^b   Kunzle T ^b   Grize, L ^b   Gassner, M ^b   Minder, C ^b   Schindler, C ^b   Varonier, H S ^b   Wuthrich B ^b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; FEMALE; FOG; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0348016861     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.155.3.9116984     Document Type: Article

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