Asthma prevalence associated with geographical latitude and regional insolation in the United States of America and Australia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Krstić, Goran ^a  

^a Fraser Health Environmental Health Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LATITUDE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SUN EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WINTER; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954562213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018492     Document Type: Article

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