Prevalence of asthma and wheezing in public schoolchildren: Association with maternal smoking during pregnancy

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 80-84

  Hu, Frank B ^a,c   Persky, Victoria ^a   Flay, Brian R ^a   Zelli, Arnaldo ^a   Cooksey, Judith ^a   Richardson, Jean ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; WHEEZING;

EID: 0030802371     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63090-6     Document Type: Article

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