Air quality influences the prevalence of hay fever and sinusitis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 429-433

  Bhattacharyya, Neil ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Division of Otolaryngology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAY FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS; UNITED STATES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SINUSITIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64849085787     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20097     Document Type: Article

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