The Wheezing Illnesses Study Leidsche Rijn (WHISTLER): Rationale and design

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 895-903

  Katier, N ^a   Uiterwaal, C S P M ^a   De Jong, B M ^a   Kimpen, J L L ^a   Verheij, T J ^a   Grobbee, D E ^a   Brunekreef, B ^b   Numans, M E ^a   Van Der Ent, C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Etiology; Infants; Lung function; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENDOTOXIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIRUS INFECTION; WHEEZING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETICS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 16644403291     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJEP.0000040530.98310.0c     Document Type: Article

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