What have we learned from prospective cohort studies of asthma in children?

Chronic Respiratory Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 225-231

  Henderson, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cohort studies; Epidemiology; Genetics; Lung function

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

AGE OF ONSET; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 57449099764     PISSN: 14799723     EISSN: 14799731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1479972308097327     Document Type: Review

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