Do migrant studies help to identify causes of asthma?

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1054-1058

  Kuehni, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ASTHMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOPTION; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ASTHMA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE;

EID: 79960431547     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03815.x     Document Type: Editorial

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