ISAAC and risk factors for asthma in the Asia-Pacific

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. A, 2004, Pages

  Wong, Gary W K ^a   Leung, T F ^a   Fok, T F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asia Pacific; Asthma; ISAAC

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROUPS BY AGE; HEREDITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INDONESIA; JAPAN; MALAYSIA; NEW ZEALAND; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; THAILAND; WESTERN EUROPE; WHEEZING; ACCURACY; ALLERGY; ANALYTIC METHOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEORECORDING;

METHACHOLINE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 1342270111     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1526-0542(04)90032-2     Document Type: Review

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