Associations of ECP (eosinophil cationic protein)-gene polymorphisms to allergy, asthma, smoke habits and lung function in two Estonian and Swedish sub cohorts of the ECRHS II study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Jönsson, Ulla Britt ^a   Håkansson, Lena D ^a   Jõgi, Rain ^b   Janson, Christer ^a   Venge, Per ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESTONIA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LUNG; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LUNG; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 77953181244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-10-36     Document Type: Article

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