Airway function among lnuit primary school children in far Northern Quebec

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1870-1875

  Hemmelgarn, Brenda ^a   Ernst, Pierre ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTININE;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN TEST; SMOKING; CHEMISTRY; ESKIMO; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; COTININE; EXERTION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, PREMATURE; INUITS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0031283276     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.156.6.9704083     Document Type: Article

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