Wheeze, cough, atopy, and indoor environment in the Scottish Highlands

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-26

  Austin, Jane B ^a   Russell, George ^b  

^a Royal Northern Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopy; Cough; Indoor environment; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; COUGHING; ENVIRONMENT; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

EID: 0031019665     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.76.1.22     Document Type: Article

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