Different pattern of risk factors for atopic and nonatopic asthma among children - Report from the obstructive lung disease in northern Sweden study

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 926-935

  Ronmark E ^a,b   Jonsson E ^a   Platts Mills, T ^c   Lundbäck, Bo ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b Central Hospital of Norrbotten   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Epidemiology; Risk factors; Type 1 allergy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TEST; SWEDEN;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0032828775     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.1999.00044.x     Document Type: Article

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