Asthma prevalence, family size, and birth order

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1747-1752

  Goldberg, Shmuel ^a   Israeli, Fran ^b   Schwartz, Shepard ^a   Shochal, Tzippora ^c   Izbicki, Gabriel ^a   Toker Maimon, Ori ^a   Klement, Eyal ^c   Picard, Elie ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asthma; Epidemiology; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34250805993     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-2818     Document Type: Article

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