Cold air challenge at age 6 and subsequent incidence of asthma. A longitudinal study

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1863-1869

  Lombardi, Enrico ^a,b   Morgan, Wayne J ^a   Wright, Anne L ^a   Stein, Renato T ^a   Holberg, Catharine J ^a   Martinez, Fernando D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; COLD EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; WHEEZING;

EID: 0031452559     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.156.6.9612066     Document Type: Article

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