Impact of air pollution on allergic diseases

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 262-273

  Takizawa, Hajime ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Antioxidant; Asthma; Particulate matter; Vehicle emissions

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; DIESEL FUEL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80054864657     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2011.26.3.262     Document Type: Article

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