Relationship of fish and cod oil intake with adult asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1616-1623

  Laerum, B N ^a,b   Wentzel Larsen, T ^a   Gulsvik, A ^a,b   Omenaas, E ^a,b   Gislason T ^c   Janson, C ^d   Svanes, C ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adult asthma; Childhood; Cod oil; Fish; RHINE

Indexed keywords

COD LIVER OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; DOSE RESPONSE; ESTONIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HAY FEVER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHILD; COD LIVER OIL; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA; SEAFOOD; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 35348965686     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2007.02821.x     Document Type: Article

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