Short-term health effects of particulate and photochemical air pollution in asthmatic children

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 899-906

  Just, J ^a   Segala C ^a   Sahraoui, F ^a   Priol, G ^a   Grimfeld, A ^a   Neukirch, F ^a  

^a SEPIA   (France)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma in children; Generalised estimating equations; Panel study

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLXANTHINE DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; STEROID; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE IRRITATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SMOKE; SPRING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROAT DISEASE; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARTICLE SIZE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036797823     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.02.00236902     Document Type: Article

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