Environmental factors

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue SUPPL.2, 1997, Pages 10-13

  Becklake, Margaret R ^a   Ernst, Pierre ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ASTHMA; ATOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030820026     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(97)90030-1     Document Type: Article

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