Epidemic of asthma was not associated with episode of air pollution

BMJ

Volumn 312, Issue 7046, 1996, Pages 1606-1607

  Anderson, H Ross ^a   Atkinson, Richard ^a   Limb, Elizabeth S ^a   Strachan, David P ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LETTER; UNITED KINGDOM; AIR TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TACHYPNEA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WHEEZING; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; LONDON;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

EID: 0004953155     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7046.1606b     Document Type: Letter

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