Mild cool air - A risk factor for asthma exacerbations: Results of a retrospective study

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 624-628

  Saxena, Tarun ^a   Maheshwari, Sanjiv ^b   Saxena, Manjari ^c  

^a Mittal Hospital and Research Centre   (India)

^b J L N MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Mittal Hospital and Research Centre ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POLLEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; POLLEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053589302     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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