Siblings, day-care attendance, and the risk of asthma and wheezing during childhood

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 343, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 538-543

  Ball, Thomas M ^a   Castro Rodriguez, Jose A ^a   Griffith, Kent A ^a   Holberg, Catharine J ^a   Martinez, Fernando D ^a   Wright, Anne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SIBLING; SKIN TEST; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034710643     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200008243430803     Document Type: Article

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