An analysis of the association between respiratory symptoms in subjects with asthma and daily air pollution in Spokane, Washington

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 809-815

  Mar, Therese F ^a   Larson, Timothy V ^b   Stier, Robert A ^c   Claiborn, Candis ^d   Koenig, Jane Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DUST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLEN; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 7444270918     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370490506646     Document Type: Article

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