The associations between childhood asthma and atopy, and parental asthma, hay fever and smoking

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 67-76

  Jenkins, Mark A ^a   Hopper, John L ^a   Flander, Louisa B ^a   Carlin, John B ^b   Giles, Graham G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AUSTRALIA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HAY FEVER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ASTHMA; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027450098     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.1993.tb00602.x     Document Type: Article

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