Associations between desert dust episodes and respiratory morbidity in Athens, Greece

S. M. Trianti, E. Samoli, S. Rodopoulou, K. Katsouyanni, A. Karakatsani (Athens, Greece)

Source: International Congress 2014 – Environmental respiratory diseases in children, teenagers and adults
Session: Environmental respiratory diseases in children, teenagers and adults
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 4133
Disease area: Paediatric lung diseases

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