The home environment and asthma symptoms in childhood: Two population based case-control studies 13 years apart

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 618-624

  Butland, Barbara K ^a   Strachan, David P ^a   Anderson, H Ross ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Feather pillows; Indoor environmental exposures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEATHER; FEMALE; HEATING; HOME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; WHEEZING;

EID: 0030878417     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.7.618     Document Type: Article

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