Rhinitis, asthma and respiratory infections among adults in relation to the home environment in multi-family buildings in Sweden

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Juan ^a   Engvall, Karin ^a   Smedje, Greta ^a   Norbäck, Dan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BUILDING DAMPNESS; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; ODOR; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINITIS; SWEDEN; URBANIZATION; WHEEZING; WINDOW PANE CONDENSATION; ADOLESCENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RHINITIS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929939368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105125     Document Type: Article

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