Indoor air quality and respiratory symptoms in Porto schools;Qualidade do ar interior e sintomas respiratórios em escolas do Porto

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 487-507

  Fraga, Silvia ^a   Ramos, Elisabete ^a   Martins, Anabela ^a   Samúdio, Maria João ^a   Silva, Gabriela ^a   Guedes, Joaquim ^a   Fernandes, Eduardo Oliveira ^a   Barros, Henrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Respiratory symptoms; Schools

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADOLESCENT; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PORTUGAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL HYGIENE; SMOKING HABIT; SNEEZING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WHEEZING;

EID: 48349095177     PISSN: 08732159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0873-2159(15)30254-3     Document Type: Article

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