Can asthma be prevented? Evidence from epidemiological studies of children in Australia and New Zealand in the last decade

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-265

  Peat, J K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MITES; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0031881637     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00203.x     Document Type: Review

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