Air quality and pediatric emergency room visits for asthma in Atlanta, Georgia

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 151, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 798-810

  Tolbert, Paige E ^a   Mulholland, James A ^b   MacIntosh, David L ^a,c   Xu, Fan ^a   Daniels, Danni ^a   Devine, Owen J ^d   Carlin, Bradley P ^e   Klein, Mitchel ^a   Dorley, Jenny ^a   Butler, Andre J ^b   Nordenberg, Dale F ^f   Frumkin, Howard ^a   Ryan, P Barry ^a   White, Mary C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Child; Emergency service; Hospital; Ozone

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034655044     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010280     Document Type: Article

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