Associations between climate variables and asthma visits to accident and emergency facilities in Trinidad, West Indies

Allergology International

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-33

  Ivey, Marsha A ^a   Simeon, Donald T ^a   Juman, Solaiman ^a   Hassanally, Rhonda ^a   Williams, Keturah ^a   Monteil, Michele A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Accident and Emergency facilities; Asthma; Caribbean; Climate; Trinidad; Tropics

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEBULIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; TROPIC CLIMATE;

EID: 0035070575     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1592.2001.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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