Link between environmental air pollution and allergic asthma: East meets West

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 14-22

  Zhang, Qingling ^a   Qiu, Zhiming ^a   Chung, Kian Fan ^b   Huang, Shau Ku ^c,d  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Environmental air pollution; Nitrogen dioxide (NO2); Ozone (O3); Particulate matter (PM)

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASIA; CHINA; COMBUSTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAZE; HUMAN; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN;

EID: 84921851159     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.12.07     Document Type: Review

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