Family patterns of asthma, atopy and airway hyperresponsiveness: An epidemiological study

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 393-399

  Gray, L ^b   Peat, J K ^a   Belousova, E ^a   Xuan, W ^a   Woolcock, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney ^*

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Asthma; Atopy; Genotype; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHERITANCE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0034021227     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2000.00742.x     Document Type: Article

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