Questionnaire study of the effect of meteorologic condition, particularly fog, on the symptomatology of asthmatic patients;Etude par questionnaire de l'influence des conditions meteorologiques, en particulier du brouillard sur la symptomatologie des sujets asthmatiques

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 421-427

  Kopferschmitt Kubler M C ^a   Blaumeiser Kapps, M ^a   Millet, M ^b   Wortham, H ^b   Mirabel, P ^b   Nobelis, P ^c   Pauli, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b Lab de Phys Chim de l'Atmosphere   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

acidity; asthma; atmospheric pollution; fog

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEATHER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; HEALTH; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSOLS; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WEATHER;

EID: 0029763747     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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