The effect of parental smoking on presence of wheeze or airway hyper- responsiveness in New South Wales school children

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 794-800

  Belousova, Elena G ^a   Toelle, B G ^a   Xuan, W ^a   Peat, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway hyper responsiveness; Maternal smoking; Recent wheeze; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; INHALATION TEST; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRICK TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING;

EID: 0033427624     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1999.tb00782.x     Document Type: Article

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