A 10-year survey on asthma exacerbations: Relationships among emergency medicine calls, pollens, weather, and air pollution

Revue Francaise d'Allergologie

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 569-575

  Ruffoni, S ^a   Passalacqua, G ^a   Ricciardolo, F ^b   Furgani, A ^a   Negrini, A Corrado ^a   De Amici, M ^c   Ciprandi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Emergency call; Exacerbation; Pollens; Weather

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; RAIN; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ALDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BETULACEAE; BIRCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYLUS AVELLANA; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; DEW; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE; FESCUE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGY; OLIVE TREE; OSTRYA CARPINIFOLIA; PARIETARIA; PARIETARIA JUDAICA; PARIETARIA OFFICINALIS; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POLLEN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; WIND;

EID: 84887611928     PISSN: 18770320     EISSN: 18770312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reval.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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