Air pollution and asthma severity in adults

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 182-188

  Rage, E ^a,b   Siroux, V ^a,c   Kunzli N ^d   Pin, I ^a,e   Kauffmann, F ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^e HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ODDS RATIO; OZONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 61849169075     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.038349     Document Type: Article

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