Genetic influence on the age at onset of asthma: A twin study

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 626-630

  Thomsen, Simon Francis ^a   Duffy, David Lorenzo ^b   Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm ^c   Backer, Vibeke ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

age at onset; Asthma; epidemiology; genetics; heritability; twin study

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BCG VACCINATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SURVIVAL; TWINS; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ASTHMA; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956393302     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.06.017     Document Type: Article

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