Daily asthma severity in relation to personal ozone exposure and outdoor fungal spores

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 3 I, 1996, Pages 633-641

  Delfino, Ralph J ^a   Coate, Bruce D ^b   Zeiger, Robert S ^b   Seltzer, James M ^b   Street, Donald H ^b   Koutrakis, Petros ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; OZONE;

ADOLESCENT; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ALLERGIC REACTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; MALE; MOULD; OZONE LAYER; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0029821991     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.154.3.8810598     Document Type: Article

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