What have we learned from the Tucson Children's Respiratory Study?

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 193-197

  Martinez, Fernando D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Bronchial responsiveness; Skin tests; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BIRTH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS INFECTION; WHEEZING;

EID: 0036425594     PISSN: 15260550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1526-0542(02)00188-4     Document Type: Review

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