Family size, infections, and asthma prevalence in New Zealand children

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 699-705

  Wickens, Kristin L ^a   Crane, Julian ^a   Kemp, Trudi J ^a   Lewis, Simon J ^a   D'Souza, Wendyl J ^a   Sawyer, Gillian M ^a   Stone, M Louise ^a   Tohill, Sarah J ^a   Kennedy, Josephine C ^a   Slater, Tania M ^a   Pearce, Neil E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Asthma; Birth order; Day care; Family size; Infectious diseases; Pertussis; Rubeola

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032719543     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199911000-00009     Document Type: Article

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