Skin test reactivity and number of siblings

BMJ

Volumn 308, Issue 6930, 1994, Pages 692-

  Von Mutius, E ^a   Martinez, F D ^a   Fritzsch, C ^b   Nicolai, T ^c   Reitmeir, P ^d   Thiemann, H H ^e  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d University of Arizona ^*  (Germany)

^e MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY SIZE; GERMANY; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SKIN TEST;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0028314124     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.308.6930.692     Document Type: Article

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