Volcanic ash and respiratory symptoms in children on the island of Montserrat, British West Indies

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-211

  Forbes, L ^a   Jarvis, D ^a   Potts, J ^a   Baxter, P J ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; VOLCANIC ASH; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA, EXERCISE-INDUCED; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WEST INDIES;

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EID: 0037374001     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.3.207     Document Type: Article

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