Differences of genetic effects for the development of allergic diseases in two cities of Japan

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 586-590

  Agata, Hiroatsu ^a,b   Kawakami, Norito ^a   Kondo, Naomi ^a   Hayashi, Terue ^a   Fukutomi, Osamu ^a   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^a   Orii, Tadao ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033030873     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63171-7     Document Type: Article

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