Quantitative assessments of indoor air pollution and respiratory health in a population-based sample of French dwellings

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-434

  Billionnet, Cécile ^a,b   Gay, Emilie ^a,b,c   Kirchner, Séverine ^d   Leynaert, Bénédicte ^a,e   Annesi Maesano, Isabella ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c EPIA   (France)

^d OQAI   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Asthma; Indoor air pollution; Multipollution; Rhinitis; VOC

Indexed keywords

1,2,4 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ETHYLBENZENE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; META XYLENE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; YOUNG ADULT;

FRANCE;

EID: 79952897702     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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