The environment and asthma in U.S. inner cities

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1999, Pages 439-450

  Eggleston, Peyton A ^a   Buckley, Timothy J ^b   Breysse, Patrick N ^b   Wills Karp, Marsha ^b   Kleeberger, Steven R ^b   Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Allergens; Asthma; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ASTHMA; CITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MAST CELL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032783153     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107s3439     Document Type: Review

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