Air pollution and seasonal asthma during the pollen season. A cohort study in Puertollano and Ciudad Real (Spain)

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1152-1157

  Feo Brito, F ^a   Mur Gimeno, P ^b   Martinez C ^a   Tobias A ^c   Suarez L ^d   Guerra, F ^e   Borja, J M ^a   Alonso, A M ^a  

^a Hospital General   (Spain)

^b Hospital General Santa Barbara   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d Livestock Department (Epidemiology) Environmental Management of Castilla La Mancha (GEACAM) Department of Agriculture Government of Castilla La Mancha   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Ozone; PM10; Pollen allergy

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; POLLEN ANTIGEN; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOGENESIS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGENS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLLEN; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34548506494     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2007.01438.x     Document Type: Article

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