Respiratory morbidity and lung function in two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia

Respirology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 247-253

  Verheijden, Marieke W ^a   Ton, Anja ^a   James, Alan L ^b   Wood, Marianne ^c   Musk, A William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Airway responsiveness; Allergy; Asthma; Desert; Lung function; Respiratory disease; Smoking; Tropics

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TROPICS; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DESERT CLIMATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036736915     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2002.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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