Does urban asthma exist? How climatic changes and urban air pollution intervene on asthma and respiratory allergy

Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-13

  Annesi Maesano, Isabella ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; ALLERGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; URBAN AREA; URBAN ASTHMA; AIR POLLUTANT; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; CITY; CROWDING (AREA); DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRICK TEST; SKIN TEST; TRAFFIC; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 79952221461     PISSN: 1828695X     EISSN: 20496958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-6958-6-1-10     Document Type: Editorial

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