High frequency of emergency room visits of asthmatic children on misty or foggy nights

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 711-717

  Kashiwabara, Kosuke ^a   Kohrogi, Hirotsugu ^b   Ota, Kosuke ^a   Moroi, Toshihiro ^a  

^a Taragi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid fog; Airborne water droplets; Atmospheric temperature; Barometric pressure; Bronchoconstriction; Humidity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIRE PROTECTION; FOG; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGHT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; JAPAN; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; ODDS RATIO; RURAL HEALTH; WEATHER;

EID: 0036950486     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JAS-120015794     Document Type: Article

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