Migration and asthma medication in international adoptees and immigrant families in Sweden

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1108-1115

  Braback L ^a,b   Vogt, H ^c   Hjern, A ^d,e  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adoptees; Asthma; Country of birth; Environment; Immigration; Inhaled corticosteroids

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PARENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INHALATION EXPOSURE; INTERNATIONALITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960413046     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03744.x     Document Type: Article

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