Familial aggregation and heritability of asthma-associated quantitative traits in a population-based sample of nuclear families

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 853-860

  Palmer, Lyle J ^a,b,c   Burton, Paul R ^a,d   James, Alan L ^e   Musk, A William ^e   Cookson, William O C M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway responsivenes; Asthma; Blood eosinophil count; Busselton population health study; Genetics; IgE; Lung function; Variance components

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EOSINOPHILIA; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GRASS; HEREDITY; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EOSINOPHILS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

ACARI; ASTIGMATA; PHLEUM PRATENSE; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 0033678658     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200551     Document Type: Article

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