Fewer colds, less asthma? A hypothesis to explain the fall in childhood asthma in the UK

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 921-925

  Urquhart, D S ^a   Anderson, A K ^a   Mckenzie, S A ^b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMON COLD; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; WALES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

EID: 54749151426     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.068965     Document Type: Article

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