Asthma and allergic rhinitis in adoptees and their adoptive parents

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-139

  Smith, Jeanne M ^a   Cadoret, Remi J ^a   Burns, Trudy L ^a   Troughton, Edward P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0031667160     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62799-8     Document Type: Article

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