Day care center characteristics and children's respiratory health

Indoor Air

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 69-75

  Nafstad, P ^a,b   Jaakkola, J J K ^c   Skrondal, A ^b   Magnus, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Dampness problems; Day care; Indoor air; Respiratory health; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

VENTILATION;

BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS; CHILD; COMMON COLD; DAMPNESS PROBLEM; DAY CARE; DAY CARE CENTERS; HEALTH EFFECTS; HEALTH OUTCOMES; INDOOR AIR; RESPIRATORY HEALTH;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIR CONDITIONING; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; BUILDING; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; NOSE DISEASE; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHEEZING;

ARENA;

EID: 15744397628     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2004.00310.x     Document Type: Review

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