Consumption of oily fish and childhood asthma risk

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 137-140

  Hodge, Linda ^a   Salome, Cheryl M ^b   Peat, Jennifer K ^b   Haby, Michelle M ^b   Xuan, Wei ^b   Woolcock, Ann J ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Department of Respiratory Medicine ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILDHOOD; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030031722     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb122010.x     Document Type: Article

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