Titre :
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Effect of airborne allergens on emergency visits by children for conjunctivitis and rhinitis. (2002)
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Auteurs :
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Sabit CAKMAK ;
Jeffrey-R BROOK ;
Richard-T BURNETT ;
Frances COATES ;
Robert-E DALES ;
Stan JUDEK ;
Health Canada. Ottawa. CAN
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Lancet (The) (vol. 359, n° 9310, 2002)
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Pagination :
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947-948
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Conjonctivite
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Etiologie
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Allergie
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Epidémiologie
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Service urgence
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Etude comparée
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Allergène
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Air
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Pollen
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Enfant
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Homme
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Oeil [pathologie]
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ORL [pathologie]
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Immunopathologie
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xOcvuu. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. The effect of fungal spores and pollen grains on morbidity from childhood conjunctivitis and rhinitis is mostly unknown. We therefore studied the association between daily concentrations of these airborne allergens and daily emergency visits to a children's hospital between 1993 and 1997. An increase of 551 basidiomycetes spores per m3, or of 72 ragweed grains per m3, was associated with an increase of about 10% in visits for conjunctivitis and rhinitis (p
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