Dampness at dorm and its associations with allergy and airways infection among college students in China: A cross-sectional study

Indoor Air

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-182

  Sun, Y ^a,c   Zhang, Y ^a   Sundell, J ^b,c   Fan, Z ^a   Bao, L ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airways infection; Asthma; Dampness; Dorm environment; Eczema; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIES; CONSTRUCTION; MOISTURE; STUDENTS;

'DRY' [; AIRWAY INFECTION; ASTHMA; COLLEGE STUDENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAMPNESS; DORM ENVIRONMENT; ECZEMA; RHINITIS; TIANJIN;

CONDENSATION;

EID: 63349109559     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2008.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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