Cross sectional study of the relation between sibling number and asthma, hay fever, and eczema

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 328-333

  Ponsonby, Anne Louise ^a   Couper, David ^a   Dwyer, Terence ^a   Carmichael, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Epidemiology; Hay fever; Sibling number

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING;

EID: 0031718167     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.79.4.328     Document Type: Article

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