Association of ambient air pollution and meteorological factors with primary care visits at night due to asthma attack

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 401-406

  Yamazaki, Shin ^a   Shima, Masayuki ^b   Yoda, Yoshiko ^b   Oka, Katsumi ^c   Kurosaka, Fumitake ^c   Shimizu, Shigeta ^c   Takahashi, Hironobu ^c   Nakatani, Yuji ^c   Nishikawa, Jittoku ^c   Fujiwara, Katsuhiko ^c   Mizumori, Yasuyuki ^c   Mogami, Akira ^c   Yamada, Taku ^c   Yamamoto, Nobuharu ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Himeji Medical Centre   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Meteorological elements; Ozone; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; WEATHER;

EID: 84884983493     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-013-0339-5     Document Type: Article

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