Comparative epidemiology of atopic and non-atopic wheeze and diagnosed asthma in a national sample of English adults

Thorax

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 951-957

  Court, C S ^a   Cook, D G ^a   Strachan, D P ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036845370     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.57.11.951     Document Type: Article

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