The effects of air pollution on asthma hospital admissions in Adelaide, South Australia, 2003–2013: time-series and case–crossover analyses

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1416-1430

  Chen, K ^a   Glonek, G ^a   Hansen, A ^a   Williams, S ^a   Tuke, J ^a   Salter, A ^a   Bi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

asthma; children; NO2; ozone; PM2.5; pollen; season; temperature

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; OZONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METEOROLOGY; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTORY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLEN; SEASONS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988360232     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cea.12795     Document Type: Article

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