Asthma and wheezing in the first six years of life

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 332, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 133-138

  Martinez, Fernando D ^a,b   Wright, Anne L ^a,b   Taussig, Lynn M ^a,b   Holberg, Catharine J ^a   Halonen, Marilyn ^a   Morgan, Wayne J ^a,b  

^a Respiratory Sciences Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WHEEZING;

ALGORITHMS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FETAL BLOOD; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028870592     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199501193320301     Document Type: Article

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