Genetic and Environmental Factors Associated with Asthma

Human Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 405-414

  Bener, A ^a   Abdulrazzaq, Y M ^a   Al Mutawwa, J ^a   Debuse, P ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Eczema; Environmental factors; Parental asthma; Relatives; Schoolchildren; Siblings; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0030158883     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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