Childhood Onset Adult Asthma: A Comparison of Asthma Development with Exposure to High and Reduced Levels of Air Pollution

Background: In the 1960s when air pollution levels were high in Kanagawa prefecture as same as in other Japanese metropolises, the prevalence of asthma increased distinctly. Air pollution has been reduced rapidly from the 1970s, but asthma morbidity has not decreased and therefore air pollution has...

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Main Authors: Yuji Maeda, Takao Shida, Kazuo Akiyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2005-01-01
Series:Allergology International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S132389301531056X