Respiratory symptoms and lung function in aborigines from tropical Western Australia

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1724-1729

  Bremner, Peter R ^b   De Klerk, Nicholas H ^a   Ryan, Gerard F ^b   James, Alan L ^b   Musk, Michael ^b   Murray, Catherine ^b   Le Söuef, Peter N ^b   Young, Sally ^b   Spargo, Randolph ^b   Musk, A William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032433640     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.6.9702068     Document Type: Article

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