Relationship between dietary antioxidants and childhood asthma: More epidemiological studies are needed

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 280-290

  Kalantar Zadeh, Kamyar ^a,b   Lee, Grace H ^b   Block, Gladys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER; MANGANESE; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ANAMNESIS; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY HISTORY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MINERAL INTAKE; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PARENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 1342310830     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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