Emergency room visits of asthmatic children, to air pollution, weather, and relation airborne allergens

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 563-570

  Garty, Ben Zion ^a,c   Kosman, Evsey ^b   Ganor, Eli ^b   Berger, Victor ^a   Garty, Limor ^a   Wietzen, Tova ^b   Waisman, Yeheskel ^b   Mimouni, Mark ^b   Waisel, Yoav ^b  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WEATHER;

EID: 0032425455     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62707-X     Document Type: Article

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