Ambient pollen concentrations and emergency department visits for asthma and wheeze

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Darrow, Lyndsey A ^a   Hess, Jeremy ^a,b   Rogers, Christine A ^c   Tolbert, Paige E ^a   Klein, Mitchel ^a   Sarnat, Stefanie E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

aeroallergens; asthma exacerbation; bioaerosols; climate change; epidemiology; ozone; Pollen; pollinosis; wheeze

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; OZONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ALDER; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BETULACEAE; CHILD; CUPRESSACEAE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OAK; PINACEAE; POLLEN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAGWEED; RHINOVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

EID: 84865684366     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.06.020     Document Type: Article

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