Association between air pollution and acute childhood wheezy episodes: Prospective observational study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7032, 1996, Pages 661-665

  Buchdahl, Roger ^a   Parker, Alison ^a   Stebbings, Tabitha ^b   Babiker, Abdel ^c  

^a HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Environmental Protection Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEEZING;

EID: 0029919529     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7032.661     Document Type: Article

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