Importance of genetic factors in adolescent asthma: A population-based twin-family study

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 4 PART I, 1998, Pages 1073-1078

  Laitinen, Tarja ^a   Räsänen, Maija ^b   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b   Koskenvuo, Markku ^b   Laitinen, Lauri A ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

EID: 0031955992     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.157.4.9704041     Document Type: Article

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