Environmental factors and asthma and allergy in schoolchildren from Western Australia

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1351-1357

  Palmer, L J ^a,b,c   Valinsky, I J ^a   Pikora, T ^a   Zubrick, S R ^b   Landau, L I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Childhood; Eczema; Epidemiology; International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Childhood; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AUSTRALIA; BUILDING MATERIAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0033397410     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.99.14613519     Document Type: Article

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