Symptoms in pediatric asthmatics and air pollution: Differences in effects by symptom severity, anti-inflammatory medication use and particulate averaging time

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 751-761

  Delfino, Ralph J ^a   Zeiger, Robert S ^b,c   Seltzer, James M ^b,d   Street, Donald H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d Health Advance Institute   (United States)

^e BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Epidemiology; Longitudinal data analysis; Ozone; Panel study; Particulate air pollution

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OZONE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; WEATHER;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

EID: 0032415436     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106751     Document Type: Article

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