Seasonality in pediatric asthma admissions: The role of climate and environmental factors

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 165, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 747-752

  Xirasagar, Sudha ^a   Lin, Herng Ching ^b   Liu, Tsai Ching ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Asthma admissions; Climate; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXIDE; RAIN; SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AUTOREGRESSIVE INTEGRATED MOVING AVERAGE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POPULATION MODEL; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUN EXPOSURE; TAIWAN; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERIODICITY; SEASONS; TAIWAN; WEATHER;

EID: 33748980239     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-006-0164-6     Document Type: Article

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