Indoor air in schools and lung function of Austrian school children

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1976-1982

  Wallner, Peter ^a,b   Kundi, Michael ^a   Moshammer, Hanns ^a   Piegler, Kathrin ^a   Hohenblum, Philipp ^c   Scharf, Sigrid ^c   Fröhlich, Marina ^c   Damberger, Bernhard ^d   Tappler, Peter ^e   Hutter, Hans Peter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Medicine and Environmental Protection   (Austria)

^c Environmental Agency Austria   (Austria)

^d Austrian Institute for Healthy and Ecological Building   (Austria)

^e DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLBENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; TRIS (1,3 DICHLOR 2 PROPYL) PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLENE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DUST; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MAXIMAL EXPIRATORY FLOW; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SPIROMETRY; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AUSTRIA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84863677638     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: 14640333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2em30059a     Document Type: Article

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