Associations between air pollution and peak expiratory flow among patients with persistent asthma

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-46

  Qian, Zhengmin ^a,b   Lin, Hung Mo ^a   Chinchilli, Vernon M ^a   Lehman, Erik B ^a   Stewart, Walter F ^b   Shah, Nirav ^b   Duan, Yinkang ^a   Craig, Timothy J ^a   Wilson, William E ^c   Liao, Duanping ^a   Lazarus, Stephen C ^d   Bascom, Rebecca ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SALMETEROL XINAFOATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXAMINATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALBUTEROL; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 55449084938     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390802445517     Document Type: Article

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