Sibship size, birth order, and atopy in 11,371 Italian young men

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 101, Issue 4 I, 1998, Pages 439-444

  Matricardi, Paolo M ^a,d   Franzinelli, Ferruccio ^a   Franco, Alfredo ^b   Caprio, Giuseppe ^b   Murru, Fernando ^b   Cioffi, Domenico ^b   Ferrigno, Luigina ^c   Palermo, Antonio ^a   Ciccarelli, Natale ^b   Rosmini, Francesco ^c  

^a Divisione Aerea Studi Ricerche e Sperimentazioni   (Italy)

^b Istituto Medico Legale AM 'Aldo di Loreto'   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d Div Aerea Studi Ric S   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Epidemiology; Family; Infections; Italy; Risk factors; Siblings; Specific IgE

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BIRTH ORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0031958890     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(98)70350-1     Document Type: Article

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