Association between modelled traffic-related air pollution and asthma score in the ECRHS

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 834-842

  Jacquemin, B ^a,h   Sunyer, J ^a,b,c,d   Forsberge, B ⁱ   Aguilera, I ^a,b,c   Bouso, L ^a,b,c   Briggs, D ^j   De Marco, R ^l   Garcia Esteban R ^a,b,c   Heinrich, J ^m   Jarvis, D ^k   Maldonado, J A ^f   Payo, F ^g   Rage, E ^h   Vienneau, D ^j   Kunzli N ^a,b,c,e  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b Municipal Institute of Medical Research (IMIM) Hospital del Mar   (United States)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL JUAN RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^h INSERM   (France)

ⁱ UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^m INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Asthma score

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; THEORETICAL MODEL; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 70349645846     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00138208     Document Type: Article

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