Outdoor fungi and child asthma health service attendances

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 439-449

  Tham, Rachel ^a   Dharmage, Shyamali C ^a   Taylor, Philip E ^b   Katelaris, Constance H ^c   Vicendese, Don ^d   Abramson, Michael J ^e   Erbas, Bircan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CAMPBELLTOWN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeroallergen; Asthma; Child; Emergency department; Fungi; Health services; Hospital; Mould; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTANT; ALLERGEN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; AMBULATORY CARE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FUNGI; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84907343408     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12257     Document Type: Review

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