Epidemiologic evidence of an association between air quality and asthma

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1997, Pages 39-44

  Leaderer, Brian P ^a   Beckett, William S ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ASTHMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; MORTALITY; MOULD; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030955577     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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