Using community level strategies to reduce asthma attacks triggered by outdoor air pollution: A case crossover analysis

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Raun, Loren H ^a,b   Ensor, Katherine B ^a   Persse, David ^c,d  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b City of Houston Health and Human Services   (United States)

^c City of Houston's Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action plans; Air pollution; Asthma; Nitrogen dioxide; Ozone; Risk

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ASTHMA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHILD; CONSUMER; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905085559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-13-58     Document Type: Article

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