Associations between asthma and bronchial hyper-responsiveness with allergy and atopy phenotypes in urban black South African teenagers

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 472-476

  Levin, M E ^a,b   Muloiwa, R ^a,b   Motala, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROALLERGEN; ALLERGEN; FOOD ALLERGEN; METHACHOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CAT; COCKROACH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GRASS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEBULIZER; NEGRO; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; SKIN TEST; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS; SKIN TESTS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961013363     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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