Traffic, Outdoor Air Pollution, and Asthma

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 577-588

  Holguin, Fernando ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CARBON MONOXIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; LEAD; MONTELUKAST; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SALMETEROL; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THEOPHYLLINE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG FUNCTION; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LUNG; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 45249113928     PISSN: 08898561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2008.03.008     Document Type: Review

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