Poor air quality in classrooms related to asthma and rhinitis in primary schoolchildren of the French 6 Cities Study

Thorax

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 682-688

  Annesi Maesano, Isabella ^a   Hulin, Marion ^a   Lavaud, François ^b   Raherison, Chantal ^c,d   Kopferschmitt, Christine ^e   De Blay, Frederic ^e   Charpin, Denis André ^f   Denis, Caillaud ^g  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

^c HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d ISPED Université   (France)

^e HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

^f HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^g SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROLEIN; ALDEHYDE; ALLERGEN; FORMALDEHYDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SKIN TEST; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84864022094     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200391     Document Type: Article

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