Effect of airborne allergens on emergency visits by children for conjunctivitis and rhinitis

Lancet

Volumn 359, Issue 9310, 2002, Pages 947-948

  Cakmak, Sabit ^a   Dales, Robert E ^b,e   Burnett, Richard T ^a   Judek, Stan ^a   Coates, Frances ^c   Brook, Jeffrey R ^d  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Aerobiology Research Laboratories   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS;

EID: 0037117124     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08045-5     Document Type: Article

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