Influence of pollen level on hospitalizations for asthma

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 66-71

  Gonzalez Barcala, F J ^a   Aboal Vinas J ^b   Aira, M J ^c   Regueira Mendez C ^d   Valdes Cuadrado, L ^a   Carreira, J ^e   Garcia Sanz, M T ^f   Takkouche, B ^d  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^c Department of Botanics ^*  (Spain)

^d Departmento of Preventive Medicine   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^f Department of Emergency Medicine Hospital of Salnes   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asthma; Epidemiology; Hospital admissions; Pollen; Respiratory diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HEAT; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SPAIN; TIME; WEATHER;

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876074690     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2011.638950     Document Type: Article

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