Asthma and the exposure-disease tenet

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 737-740

  Maziak, Wasim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; Epidemiology; Evolution; Exposure; Hygiene hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC REACTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LUNG RESISTANCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0036697761     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(02)00406-7     Document Type: Article

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