Genes, environments, and sex: Factors of importance in atopic diseases in 7-9-year-old Swedish twins

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1079-1086

  Lichtenstein, P ^a   Svartengren, M ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Eczema; Environment; Genes; Hay fever; Twins; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAY FEVER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TWINS; URTICARIA;

EID: 0030723261     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1997.tb00179.x     Document Type: Article

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