Fungus spores, air pollutants, and other determinants of peak expiratory flow rate in children

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 797-807

  Neas, Lucas M ^a,b   Dockery, Douglas W ^a,b   Burge, Harriet ^a   Koutrakis, Petros ^a   Speizer, Frank E ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; child; fungi; peak expiratory flow rate

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLADOSPORIUM; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SUMMER; WHEEZING;

EID: 0029987047     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008818     Document Type: Article

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