Exposure to environmental factors and relationship to allergic rhinitis and/or asthma

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-63

  Azalim, Sílvia P ^a   Camargos, Paulo ^b   Alves, Antonio L ^c   Senna, Maria Inês B ^c   Sakurai, Emília ^c   Schwabe Keller, Wilfrid ^c  

^a Joao Penido Hospital   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Prevalence; Risk factors; Tobacco exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STUDY OF ASTHMA AND ALLERGY IN CHILDHOOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MOULD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; BRAZIL; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNGUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC;

PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84898724452     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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