School air quality related to dry cough, rhinitis and nasal patency in children

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 742-749

  Simoni, M ^a   Annesi Maesano, I ^e   Sigsgaard, T ^f   Norback, D ^g   Wieslander, G ^g   Nystad, W ^h   Cancianie, M ^b   Sestini, P ^c   Viegi, G ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Indoor air pollution; Particles; Respiratory; Rhinometry; School children

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DENMARK; FEMALE; FRANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RHINITIS; RHINOMETRY; ROOM VENTILATION; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEDEN; WHEEZING;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; VENTILATION;

EID: 77951157401     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00016309     Document Type: Article

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