The effects of weather, air pollutants, and Asian dust on hospitalization for asthma in Fukuoka

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 350-357

  Ueda, Kayo ^a   Nitta, Hiroshi ^a   Odajima, Hiroshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Dust; Hospitalization; Temperature

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WEATHER; WINTER;

EID: 78249253598     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-010-0150-5     Document Type: Article

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