Self-reported traffic density and atopic disease in children. Results of the ISAAC Phase III survey in Muenster, Germany

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 331-339

  Behrens, Thomas ^a   Taeger, Dirk ^a   Maziak, Wasim ^a,b   Duhme, Heinrich ^a   Rzehak, Peter ^c   Weiland, Stephan K ^c   Keil, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b SYRIAN CENTER FOR TOBACCO STUDIES   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; ISAAC; Prevalence ratio; Rhinitis; Traffic density; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAY FEVER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; PREVALENCE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 4143111303     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2004.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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