Early exposure to children in family and day care as related to adult asthma and hay fever: Results from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey

Thorax

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 945-950

  Svanes, Cecilie ^a   Jarvis, D ^b   Chinn, S ^b   Omenaas, E ^a   Gulsvik, A ^a   Burney, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; DAY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HAY FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; TIME FACTORS; VITAL CAPACITY; WALKING;

EID: 0036846213     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.57.11.945     Document Type: Article

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