Asthma and air quality

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-66

  Sarnat, Jeremy A ^a   Holguin, Fernando ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Clinical Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Traffic

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE P1; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT; EXHAUST GAS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 33845419429     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e3280117d25     Document Type: Review

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