Ethnic differences in asthma and associated phenotypes: Collaborative study on the genetics of asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 357-362

  Lester, Lucille A ^a   Rich, Stephen S ^b   Blumenthal, Malcolm N ^c   Togias, Alkis ^d   Murphy, Shirley ^e   Malveaux, Floyd ^f   Miller, Michael E ^f   Dunston, Georgia M ^f   Solway, Julian ^a   Wolf, Raoul L ^a   Samet, Jonathan M ^d   Marsh, David G ^d   Meyers, Deborah A ^g   Ober, Carole ^a   Bleecker, Eugene R ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Bronchial hyperresponsiveness; Ethnic differences

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COCKROACH; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0034820590     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2001.117796     Document Type: Article

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