Trends in asthma prevalence: The Bogalusa heart study

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-269

  Farber, Harold J ^a   Wattigney, Wendy ^b   Berenson, Gerald ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 0030999920     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63179-1     Document Type: Article

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