The great indoors

Thorax

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 729-730

  Brunekreef, B ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; PAINT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD; COMBUSTION; EDITORIAL; HOME; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; POLLUTANT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; CHILD; HEATING; HUMANS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 4544307802     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.024091     Document Type: Editorial

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