African dust clouds are associated with increased paediatric asthma accident and emergency admissions on the Caribbean island of Trinidad

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 371-376

  Gyan, K ^a   Henry, W ^a   Lacaille, S ^a   Laloo, A ^a   Lamsee Ebanks, C ^a   McKay, S ^a   Antoine, R M ^a   Monteil, M A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Asthma; Caribbean; Paediatric; Saharan dust

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHILD; DUST; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPERATURE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 23644457802     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-005-0257-3     Document Type: Article

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