Temporal associations between daily counts of fungal spores and asthma exacerbations

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 580-590

  Atkinson, R W ^a   Strachan, D P ^a   Anderson, H R ^a   Hajat, S ^b   Emberlin, J ^c  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNY MILDEW; FUNGUS SPORE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

AGROCYBE; ALTERNARIA; EPICOCCUM;

EID: 33748486235     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.024448     Document Type: Article

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