Who are the children with asthma most susceptible to air pollution?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1054-1055

  Delfino, Ralph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE E4;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG CLEARANCE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33646542008     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2603001     Document Type: Editorial

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