Asthma, type-1 allergy and related conditions in 7- and 8-year-old children in Northern Sweden: Prevalence rates and risk factor pattern

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 316-324

  Ronmark E ^a,b,c,e   Lundback B ^a,b   Jonsson E ^a   Platts Mills, T ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b Central Hospital of Norrbotten   (Sweden)

^c Health Care Centre   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e Luleå Health Care Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEREDITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TEST; SMOKING; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING;

EID: 0031906626     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(98)90115-9     Document Type: Article

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