Endotoxin levels in homes and classrooms of Dutch school children and respiratory health

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 314-322

  Jacobs, Jose H ^a   Krop, Esmeralda J M ^a   De Wind, Siegfried ^a   Spithoven, Jack ^a   Heederik, Dick J J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEDROOM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOM; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84882650775     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00084612     Document Type: Article

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