Effect of Ozone and Aeroallergens on the Respiratory Health of Asthmatics

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 568-578

  Ross, Mary A ^a   Persky, Victoria W ^b   Scheff, Peter A ^b   Chung, Joseph ^a   Curtis, Luke ^b   Ramakrishnan, Viswanathan ^c   Wadden, Richard A ^b   Hryhorczuk, Daniel O ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Mold spores; Pollen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; OZONE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FUNGUS SPORE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POLLEN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; BIOAEROSOL; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOODING; HOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; ILLINOIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OZONE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; POLLEN; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

FUNGI; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0036877704     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890209602090     Document Type: Article

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