Outdoor air pollution and asthma

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-66

  Wong, Gary W K ^a,b   Lai, Chris K W ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CD14 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL MARKER; FOSSIL FUEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRWAY; ALLERGIC REACTION; AMBIENT AIR; ASTHMA; BACTERIUM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; COMBUSTION; COMMUNITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXHAUST GAS; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVIEW; TRAFFIC; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0346333507     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-200401000-00011     Document Type: Review

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