Asthma epidemics and air pollution

BMJ

Volumn 312, Issue 7046, 1996, Pages 1606-

  Hawker, Jeremy ^a   Ayres, Jon G ^b  

^a Birmingham Communicable Disease Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEWBORN; NOTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 85007728150     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7046.1606a     Document Type: Letter

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