What do we know about asthma triggers? A review of the literature

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 991-998

  Vernon, Margaret K ^a   Wiklund, Ingela ^a   Bell, Jill A ^b   Dale, Peter ^c   Chapman, Kenneth R ^d  

^a UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b ICON PLC   (United Kingdom)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Control; Exacerbate; Exacerbations; International perspective; Review

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; POLLEN ANTIGEN; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANXIETY; ASTHMA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DANDER; DUST; EMBASE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MOULD; PANIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; WEATHER; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WEATHER; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84874146470     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2012.738268     Document Type: Review

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