Association between climate factors, pollen counts, and childhood hay fever prevalence in the United States

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 463-469.e5

  Silverberg, Jonathan I ^a,b   Braunstein, Marc ^c   Lee Wong, Mary ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

air temperature; children; Hay fever prevalence; indoor heating; Palmer drought index; pediatric; pollen count; precipitation; rain; relative humidity; rhinoconjunctivitis; stratospheric ozone levels; ultraviolet index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLIMATE; DROUGHT; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OZONE LAYER; POLLEN; PRECIPITATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WINTER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENT; IMMUNOLOGY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922354329     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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