Effects of air pollution and weather conditions on asthma exacerbation

Respiration

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-58

  De Diego Damiá, Alfredo ^a   Leon Fabregas M ^a   Perpina Tordera M ^a   Compte Torrero, L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Weather conditions

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKE; WEATHER; WIND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKE; SPAIN; WEATHER;

EID: 0345471477     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029337     Document Type: Article

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