Smoking, atopy and certain furry pets are maior determinants of respiratory symptoms in children: The international study of asthma and allergies in childhood study (ireland)

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 96-100

  Yarnell, J W G ^a,b   Stevenson, M R ^a   MacMahon, J ^b   Shields, M ^a   McCrum, E E ^a   Patterson, C C ^a   Evans, A E ^a   Manning, P J ^c   Clancy, L ^c  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Asthma; Determinants; Epidemiology; Smoking; Teenagers; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ASTHMA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IRELAND; NORTHERN IRELAND; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0037240866     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01572.x     Document Type: Article

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