Parental and neonatal risk factors for atopy, airway hyper-responsiveness, and asthma

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 392-398

  Sears, Malcolm R ^a,c   Holdaway, M David ^b   Flannery, Erin M ^b   Herbison, G Peter ^b   Silva, Phil A ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway hyper responsiveness; Asthma; Atopy; Family history

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PARENTAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029851882     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.75.5.392     Document Type: Article

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