Effects of wintertime ambient air pollutants on asthma exacerbations in urban minority children with moderate to severe disease

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1131-1137

  Rabinovitch, Nathan ^a,c   Zhang, Lening ^b   Murphy, James R ^b   Vedal, Sverre ^c   Dutton, Steven J ^c   Gelfand, Erwin W ^a  

^a Division of Allergy/Immunology   (United States)

^b Division of Biostatistics   (United States)

^c NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; asthma; children; minority; urban

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; OZONE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARBON MONOXIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MEASUREMENT; NOCTURNAL ASTHMA; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; COLD; HUMANS; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 7944239538     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2004.08.026     Document Type: Article

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