Air Pollution as an Underappreciated Cause of Asthma Symptoms

JAMA

Volumn 290, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1915-1917

  Thurston, George D ^a   Bates, David V ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ASTHMA; EDITORIAL; LUNG FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WHEEZING; AIR POLLUTANT; HUMAN; NOTE; PARTICLE SIZE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; HUMANS; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 0141991941     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.290.14.1915     Document Type: Editorial

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