Genetic epidemiology of asthma

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 129-143

  Duffy, David L ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; HLA ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ASTHMA; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME 6; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; TWINS;

EID: 0030716755     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a017935     Document Type: Review

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