2007 San Diego wildfires and asthmatics

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-78

  Vora, Chirag ^a   Renvall, Marian J ^a   Chao, Peter ^a   Ferguson, Paul ^a   Ramsdell, Joe W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; eosinophil; fire; particles; pollution

Indexed keywords

SALBUTAMOL; BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ADULT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FIRE; FOGO SELVAGEM; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG HEALTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SPUTUM; UNITED STATES; CYTOLOGY; EOSINOPHIL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ALBUTEROL; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CALIFORNIA; EOSINOPHILS; FIRES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; SPUTUM;

EID: 79952168749     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2010.535885     Document Type: Article

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