Effects of changing risk factors on increasing asthma prevalence in southern Taiwan

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-9

  Tsuang, Hui Chun A ^a   Su, Huey Jen Jenny ^b   Kao, Fei Fei ^b   Shih, H C ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DANDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; TAIWAN; DUST; GENETICS; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SOCIAL CLASS;

ASTHMA; CHILD; DUST; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0038654322     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2003.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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