Pets keeping in home, parental atopy, asthma, and asthma-related symptoms in 12,910 elementary school children from northeast China

Indoor Air

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-173

  Dong, G H ^a   Ma, Y N ^a   Ding, H L ^a   Jin, J ^a   Cao, Y ^a   Zhao, Y D ^a   He, Q C ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Parental atopy; Pets

Indexed keywords

DISEASES;

'CURRENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; NORTHEAST CHINA; ODD RATIOS; PARENTAL ATOPY; PET; RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS;

ANIMALS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 63349093191     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2008.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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