The associations between daily spring pollen counts, over-the-counter allergy medication sales, and asthma syndrome emergency department visits in New York City, 2002-2012

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ito, Kazuhiko ^a   Weinberger, Kate R ^b   Robinson, Guy S ^c   Sheffield, Perry E ^d   Lall, Ramona ^e   Mathes, Robert ^e   Ross, Zev ^f   Kinney, Patrick L ^b   Matte, Thomas D ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f ZEVROSS SPATIAL ANALYSIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy medication; Asthma emergency department visits; Spring tree pollen

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; ALLERGEN; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH MONITORING; MEDICINE; MORBIDITY; POLLEN; SPRING (SEASON); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AWARENESS; BEECH; BIRCH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELM; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FRAXINUS; HEALTH SERVICE; HICKORY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAPLE; OAK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLEN ALLERGY; POPULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYCAMORE; TREE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; NEWBORN; POLLEN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ACER; CARYA; FAGUS; ULMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTI-INGREDIENT COLD, FLU, AND ALLERGY MEDICATIONS; NEW YORK CITY; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; POLLEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940021723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-015-0057-0     Document Type: Article

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