Asthma and atopy in four rural Australian Aboriginal communities

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 192-196

  Veale, Antony J ^a,c   Peat, Jennifer K ^b   Tovey, Euan R ^b   Salome, Cheryl M ^b   Thompson, John E ^d   Woolcock, Ann J ^b,c  

^a Australian National University College of Health and Medicine   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Department of Respiratory Medicine ^*  (Australia)

^d CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AUSTRALIA; CAT; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROVOCATION TEST; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029742411     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb124923.x     Document Type: Article

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