Is primary prevention of asthma possible?

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-72

  Becker, Allan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Airway inflammation; Allergens; Allergy; Asthma; Cytokines; Environment; Genetics; Infections; Intrauterine; Primary prevention; T lymphocytes; Th1; Th2 phenotype

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE; FOOD ALLERGEN;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; VACCINATION;

EID: 0034048052     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0496(200007)30:1<63::AID-PPUL10>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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