Influence of male sex and parental allergic disease on childhood wheezing: Role of interactions

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 839-844

  Melen E ^a,d   Kere, J ^a   Pershagen, G ^a,b   Svartengren, M ^a,b   Wickman, M ^a,b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Child; Genetics; IgE; Respiratory function tests

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 3042577491     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2004.01957.x     Document Type: Article

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