Risk factors for development of bronchial asthma in children in Delhi

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 385-390

  Chhabra, Sunil K ^a   Gupta, Chandra K ^a   Chhabra, Pragti ^b   Rajpal, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; WHEEZING;

EID: 0032747616     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62835-9     Document Type: Article

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