Indoor environment in three North European cities in relationship to atopy and respiratory symptoms

Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-94

  Gunnbjörnsdóttir, María Ingibjörg ^a,b   Norbäck, Dan ^a   Björnsson, Eythor ^b   Soon, Argo ^c   Jarvis, Deborah ^d   Jõgi, Rain ^c   Gislason, David ^b   Gislason, Thorarinn ^b   Janson, Christer ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^d NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopy; Bacteria and mould; Epidemiology; Indoor allergens; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG USE; ECZEMA; FOLLOW UP; HAY FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; ICELAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 68849132377     PISSN: 17526981     EISSN: 1752699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-699X.2008.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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