Traffic-related air pollution in relation to respiratory symptoms, allergic sensitisation and lung function in schoolchildren

Thorax

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 573-580

  Rosenlund, M ^a,b,c   Forastiere, F ^a   Porta, D ^a   De Sario, M ^a   Badaloni, C ^a   Perucci, C A ^a  

^a Rome E Health Authority   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFESPAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PARENTAL SMOKING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM; TRAFFIC;

EID: 67650230106     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2007.094953     Document Type: Article

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