Relationship between visits to emergency departments for asthma and ozone exposure in greater Seattle, Washington

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 474-479

  Mar, Therese F ^a   Koenig, Jane Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74749103322     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60263-3     Document Type: Article

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