Exposure to Motor Vehicle Traffic and Allergic Sensitization

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Exposure to Motor Vehicle Traffic and Allergic Sensitization

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Wyler, Catherine , Braun-Fahrländer, Charlotte , Künzli, Nino , Schindler, Christian , Ackermann-Liebrich, Ursula , Perruchoud, André P. , Leuenberger, Philippe , Wüthrich, Brunello and The Swiss Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults (SAPALDIA) Team

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Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.), 2000-07, Vol.11 (4), p.450-456

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English

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Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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We examined the association between the presence of an allergic sensitization and seasonal allergic diseases or symptoms and the exposure to road traffic in Basel, Switzerland. Traffic counts at the domiciles of subjects ranged from 24 to 32,504 cars per 24 hours, with a median of 1,624. To investigate the relation of road traffic and allergies, we...