Asthma and other atopic diseases in Australian children. Australian arm of the International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Childhood

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 168, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 434-438

  Robertson, Colin F ^a   Dalton, Marita F ^a   Peat, Jennifer K ^b   Haby, Michelle M ^b   Bauman, Adrian ^c   Kennedy, J Declan ^d   Landau, Louis I ^e  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING;

EID: 0032482234     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb139022.x     Document Type: Article

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