Association between hospital emergency visits for asthma and air pollution in Valencia, Spain

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 541-547

  Tenías, José María ^a   Ballester, Ferran ^a,c   Rivera, María Luisa ^b  

^a Valencian Inst of Pub Hlth Studs   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^c Inst Valencia d'Estudis Salut Pub   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Emergency hospital admissions

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ECOLOGY; EMERGENCY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

EID: 0031856388     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.8.541     Document Type: Article

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