Asthma and ambient air pollution in Helsinki

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Pönkä, Antti ^a   Virtanen, Mikko ^a  

^a Helsinki City of the Environment   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FINLAND; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; EMERGENCIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029865764     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.suppl_1.s59     Document Type: Article

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