Relevance of birth cohorts to assessment of asthma persistence

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 175-184

  Hancox, Robert J ^a   Subbarao, Padmaja ^b   Sears, Malcolm R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Birth cohort; Breastfeeding; Childhood asthma; Cigarette smoke; Longitudinal studies; Lung function; Natural history; Nutrition; Persistence; Phenotype; Remission; Risk factors; Sex; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BREAST FEEDING; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDBIRTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PARENTAL SMOKING; PHENOTYPE; REMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ASTHMA; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861226623     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: 15346315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-012-0255-6     Document Type: Article

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