Mould and dampness in dwelling places, and onset of asthma: The population-based cohort ECRHS

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 325-331

  Norbäck, Dan ^a   Zock, Jan Paul ^b,c,d   Plana, Estel ^b,c,d   Heinrich, Joachim ^e   Svanes, Cecilie ^f   Sunyer, Jordi ^b,c,d,g   Künzli, Nino ^b,h   Villani, Simona ⁱ   Olivieri, Mario ^j   Soon, Argo ^k,l   Jarvis, Deborah ^m  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^h SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^l Archimedes Foundation   (Estonia)

^m NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOULD; PHLEUM PRATENSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; EUROPE; FEMALE; FUNGI; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84877339252     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-100963     Document Type: Article

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