Tree pollen and hospitalization for asthma in urban Canada

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-247

  Dales, Robert E ^a,b,c,e   Cakmak, Sabit ^c   Judek, Stan ^c   Coates, Frances ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d Aerobiology Research Laboratories   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Hospitalization for asthma; Tree pollen

Indexed keywords

POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ALDER; ARTICLE; ASPEN; ASTHMA; BIRCH; CALCULATION; CANADA; CHESTNUT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRAXINUS; HAZELNUT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LARIX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OAK; PINACEAE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TSUGA;

ASTHMA; CANADA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; POLLEN; TREES; URBAN POPULATION; WEATHER;

EID: 45149092910     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000116360     Document Type: Article

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