Association of weather conditions with childhood admissions for wheezy bronchitis or asthma in Athens

Respiration

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 783-790

  Priftis, Kostas N ^a   Paliatsos, Athanasios G ^b   Panagiotopoulou Gartagani, Polytimi ^c   Tapratzi Potamianou, Polyxeni ^c   Zachariadi Xypolita, Asimina ^c   Nicolaidou, Polyxeni ^d   Saxoni Papageorgiou, Photini ^c  

^a PENTELI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Childhood asthma; Seasonal variation in asthma admission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AUTUMN; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; GREECE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METEOROLOGY; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; WEATHER; WHEEZING; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; WEATHER;

EID: 33746378507     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093817     Document Type: Article

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