PVC - as flooring material - and its association with incident asthma in a Swedish child cohort study

Indoor Air

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 494-501

  Larsson, M ^a   Hagerhed Engman L ^b   Kolarik, B ^c   James, P ^d   Lundin, F ^e   Janson, S ^a,e   Sundell, J ^f   Bornehag, C G ^a,b,f  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Centre for Clinical Research   (Sweden)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Children; Incident asthma; Longitudinal; Polyvinyl chloride flooring; Socioeconomic factor

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISEASES; FLOORS;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FLOORING MATERIALS; IN-BUILDINGS; INCIDENT ASTHMA; LONGITUDINAL; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE-FLOORING; PVC FLOORING; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; SWEDISHS;

POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

EID: 78349242856     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2010.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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