Asthma visits to emergency rooms and soybean unloading in the harbors of Valencia and A Coruna, Spain

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 315-322

  Ballester, Ferran ^a,b   Soriano, Joan B ^b   Otero, Isabel ^c   Rivera, Marîa Luisa ^d   Sunyer, Jordi ^e   Merelles, Antoni ^d   Verea, Hector ^a   Marfn, Julio ^a   Antö, Josep M ^b  

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

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c Hospital Juan Canaiejo   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergens; Asthma; Disease outbreaks; Emergencies; Soybeans

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ASTHMA; DUST; HEALTH IMPACT; SOYBEAN; UNLOADING;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOYBEAN; SPAIN;

GALICIA; LA CORUNA; SPAIN; VALENCIA;

EID: 0033558138     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009815     Document Type: Article

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