Respiratory health effects of exposure to low-NO x unflued gas heaters in the classroom: A double-blind, cluster-randomized, crossover study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1476-1482

  Marks, Guy B ^a,b,c   Ezz, Wafaa ^a,b   Aust, Nathan ^d   Toelle, Brett G ^a,b   Xuan, Wei ^a   Belousova, Elena ^a   Cosgrove, Carmen ^d   Jalaludin, Bin ^c   Smith, Wayne T ^b,d,e  

^a WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Nitrogen dioxide; Randomized controlled trial; Respiratory health effects; Schools

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEVICE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVENING; FEMALE; GAS HEATER; HEATING; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORNING; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; TIME; WHEEZING;

CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEATING; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; NITROGEN OXIDES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SCHOOLS;

EID: 77957895208     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002186     Document Type: Article

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