More siblings, less hay fever: More evidence

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 352-358

  Marshall, A H ^a   Owen, V ^b   Jones, N S ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Epidemiology; Immunology; Nasal; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPOTHESIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DUST; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 0036413433     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2002.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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