Indoor air pollution on nurseries and primary schools: Impact on childhood asthma - Study protocol

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Sousa, Sofia I V ^a   Ferraz, Catarina ^b   Alvim Ferraz, Maria C M ^a   Vaz, Luisa G ^b   Marques, Agostinho J ^c   Martins, Fernando G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Childhood asthma; Exacerbation; Incidence; Indoor air; Pollution mixtures; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NURSERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; NURSERIES; PORTUGAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SCHOOLS; URBAN HEALTH; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84862179272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-435     Document Type: Article

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