Climatic variables are associated with seasonal acute asthma admissions to accident and emergency room facilities in Trinidad, West Indies

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1526-1530

  Ivey, M A ^a,b   Simeon, D T ^a   Monteil, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b Caribbean Epidemiology Centre   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency facilities; Asthma; Caribbean; Climate; Lesser developed country; Trinidad; Tropics

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHILD; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEBULIZATION; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WEATHER;

EID: 0242721846     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01801.x     Document Type: Article

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