Analysis of short-term influences of ambient aeroallergens on pediatric asthma hospital visits

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 370, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 330-336

  Zhong, Wei ^a   Levin, Linda ^a   Reponen, Tiina ^a   Hershey, Gurjit K ^b   Adhikari, Atin ^a   Shukla, Rakesh ^a   LeMasters, Grace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient aeroallergens; Pediatric asthma hospital visit; Poisson generalized linear model

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AEROALLERGENS; PEDIATRIC ASTHMA HOSPITAL VISIT; POISSON GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL;

DISEASES; HOSPITALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ALLERGIES;

ALLERGEN;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANTIGEN; ASTHMA; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HUMIDITY; POISSON RATIO; POLLEN; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE;

ACER; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; AMBROSIA; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; OHIO; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PINACEAE; POACEAE; POLLEN; QUERCUS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

CINCINNATI; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

AMBROSIA; PINACEAE;

EID: 33749249613     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.06.019     Document Type: Article

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