Hay fever - A Finnish nationwide study of adolescent twins and their parents

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 885-890

  Rasanen M ^a,d   Laitinen, T ^a   Kaprio, J ^a,b   Koskenvuo, M ^c   Laitinen, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Diseases in twins; Environment; Epidemiology; Family; Genetics; Hay fever; Risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TWINS;

EID: 0031662040     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1998.tb03996.x     Document Type: Article

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