Asthma exacerbations during Santa Ana winds in southern California

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 304-311

  Corbett, Stephen W ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; emergency department visits; Foehn winds; meteorologic conditions; particulate matter pollution; PM10; Santa Ana winds

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WIND;

EID: 0030505398     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(1996)007[0304:AEDSAW]2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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