Gene-environment interactions in asthma

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 776-786

  Castro Giner, F ^a   Kauffmann, F ^b,c   De Cid, R ^d   Kogevinas, M ^a,e  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ISOCYANATE;

ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33750589501     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.019216     Document Type: Review

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