Genetic-environmental interactions in asthma and allergy: A study in a closed population exposed to different environments

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-237

  Yaari, Einat ^a   Susser, Ziv ^b   Lahad, Amnon ^b   Nesher, Yaron ^a   Kachalsky, Sylvia ^c   Tal, Asher ^d   Kerem, Eitan ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Linkagene Ltd   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; DISEASE MARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 63449121916     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60086-5     Document Type: Article

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