Early life origins of asthma

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 837-

  Gern, James E ^a   Lemanske Jr , Robert F ^a   Busse, William W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0345148327     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI8272     Document Type: Review

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