Respiratory infections and the autumn increase in asthma morbidity

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 72-77

  Dales, R E ^a,d   Schweitzer, I ^a   Toogood, J H ^b   Drouin, M ^a   Yang, W ^a   Dolovich, J ^c   Boulet, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Environment; Fungi; Infection

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ONTARIO; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030067694     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09010072     Document Type: Article

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