Effect of living close to a main road on asthma, allergy, lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 679-684

  Pujades Rodriguez M ^a   Lewis, S ^a   Mckeever, T ^a   Britton, J ^a   Venn, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HAY FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME VARIABLE; POLLUTANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SPIROMETRY; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 70349378451     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.043885     Document Type: Article

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