The role of environmental tobacco smoke in genetic susceptibility to asthma

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 335-339

  Kurz, Thorsten ^a   Ober, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Environmental tobacco smoke exposure; ETS; Gene environment interactions; Lung function

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; MACROPHAGE ELASTASE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ALPHA CHAIN; ASTHMA; CHROMOSOME 17P; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME 5Q; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 4644328047     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00130832-200410000-00002     Document Type: Review

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