Childhood eczema and rhinitis predict atopic but not nonatopic adult asthma: A prospective cohort study over 4 decades

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Martin, Pamela E ^a,b   Matheson, Melanie C ^b   Gurrin, Lyle ^b   Burgess, John A ^b   Osborne, Nicholas ^a,b   Lowe, Adrian J ^a,b   Morrison, Stephen ^c   Mészáros, Désirée ^d   Giles, Graham G ^b,e,f   Abramson, Michael J ^f   Walters, E Haydn ^b,d,f   Allen, Katrina J ^a,b   Dharmage, Shyamali C ^b  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adulthood; asthma; atopic march; atopy; childhood; Eczema; epidemiology; population; rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 79957854771     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.02.041     Document Type: Article

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