Impacts of the 3/11 disaster in Fukushima on asthma control

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1309-1310

  Fukuhara, Atsuro ^a   Sato, Suguru ^a   Uematsu, Manabu ^a   Misa, Kenichi ^a   Nikaido, Takefumi ^a   Inokoshi, Yayoi ^a   Fukuhara, Naoko ^a   Wang, Xintao ^a   Kanazawa, Kenya ^a   Tanino, Yoshinori ^a   Ishida, Takashi ^a   Munakata, Mitsuru ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ANXIETY; ASTHMA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EARTHQUAKE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING;

EID: 84871738546     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.186.12.1309     Document Type: Letter

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