Short-term effects of the particulate pollutants contained in Saharan dust on the visits of children to the emergency department due to asthmatic conditions in Guadeloupe (French archipelago of the Caribbean)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Cadelis, Gilbert ^a   Tourres, Rachel ^a   Molinie, Jack ^b  

^a Department of Pulmonary Medicine Universitary Hospital of Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GUADELOUPE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEDIATRICS; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAHARAN DUST; SCHOOL CHILD; AFRICA; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CLIMATE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POLLEN; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; DUST; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUADELOUPE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84897433343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091136     Document Type: Article

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