Daily air pollution levels and acute asthma in southern Sweden

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 900-905

  Forsberg, B ^a   Stjernberg, N ^c   Linne R ^d   Segerstedt, B ^b   Wall, S ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^d Landskrona Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Nitrogen dioxide; Peak flow; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031752462     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.12040900     Document Type: Article

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