Relationship of outdoor air quality to pediatric asthma exacerbations

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-33

  Lierl, Michelle B ^a   Hornung, Richard W ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONSULTATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FUNGUS SPORE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARAMETER; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLEN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OHIO; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLEN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SPORES, FUNGAL; STATISTICS;

EID: 0037267359     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63610-1     Document Type: Article

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