Vehicle exhaust outside the home and onset of asthma among adults

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1261-1267

  Modig, L ^a   Toren K ^b   Janson, C ^c   Jarvholm, B ^a   Forsberg, B ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adults; Asthma; Cohort; Incidence; Vehicle exhaust

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGY; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; WHEEZING;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 66749099201     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00101108     Document Type: Article

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