The pattern and genetics of pediatric extrinsic asthma risk factors in polluted environment

European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 58-63

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a,b   Ehlayel, Mohammed ^a   Sabbah, Alfred ^c  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Eczema; Environment; Genetics; Pollution; Risk factors; School children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; BRONCHITIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROUP; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OIL INDUSTRY; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMONIA; POLLUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN AREA; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33947388688     PISSN: 03979148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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