Primary prevention of asthma and other allergic disorders

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 563-568

  Becker, Allan ^a,c   Chan Yeung, Moira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Environment; ETS; Infancy allergy; Infections; Lymphocytes; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAT; COCKROACH; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SMOKE;

EID: 0032435555     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1009431     Document Type: Article

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