Factors influencing asthma remission: A longitudinal study from childhood to middle age

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 508-513

  Burgess, John A ^a   Matheson, Melanie C ^a   Gurrin, Lyle C ^a   Byrnes, Graham B ^b   Adams, Kristie S ^a   Wharton, Cathryn L ^c   Giles, Graham G ^a,d   Jenkins, Mark A ^a   Hopper, John L ^a   Abramson, Michael J ^e   Walters, E Haydn ^f   Dharmage, Shyamali C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c Victorian Cervical Cytology Registry Melbourne   (Australia)

^d CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; ECZEMA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; URTICARIA;

EID: 79956353934     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.146845     Document Type: Article

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