Building characteristics, indoor air quality and recurrent wheezing in very young children (BAMSE)

Indoor Air

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-42

  Emenius, G ^a,b,e   Svartengren, M ^b   Korsgaard, J ^c   Nordvall, L ^d   Pershagen, G ^a,b   Wickman, M ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SILKEBORG REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air quality; Asthma; Building; Indoor environment; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; CONDENSATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; VENTILATION;

ASTHMA; BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS; CONCRETE SLAB FOUNDATIONS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR HUMIDITIES; ODD RATIOS; STOCKHOLM; WHEEZING; YOUNG CHILDREN;

AIR QUALITY;

NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BUILDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GAS ANALYSIS; HOME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; TEMPERATURE; WHEEZING; WINTER; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE; VENTILATION;

EID: 1542426085     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-0668.2003.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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