Opposite trends of allergic disorders and respiratory symptoms in children over a period of large-scale ambient air pollution decline

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1133-1138

  Brozek, Grzegorz M ^a   Zejda, Jan E ^a   Kowalska, Malgorzata ^a   Gȩbuś, Mateusz ^a   Kȩpa, Krzysztof ^a   Igielski, Michał ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allergic diseases; Children; Environmental epidemiology; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751513656     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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