Indoor air quality in schools and its relationship with children's respiratory symptoms

This work was supported by ARIA Project PTDC/DTP-SAP/1522/2012 from Foundation for Science and Technology (Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia - FCT) co-financed by European Regional Development Fund through Operational Competitiveness Programme (COMPETE) FCOMP -01-0124-FEDER-028797; and by the Portuguese CCDR-N for funding the research project “E2BE” (NORTE-07-0124- FEDER-000036), through the European Union FEDER programme.

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