Childhood infections and the risk of asthma: A longitudinal study over 37 years

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Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 647-654

  Burgess, John A ^a   Abramson, Michael J ^b   Gurrin, Lyle C ^a   Byrnes, Graham B ^c   Matheson, Melanie C ^a   May, Cathryn L ^d   Giles, Graham G ^a,e   Johns, David P ^f   Hopper, John L ^a   Walters, E Haydn ^f   Dharmage, Shyamali C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^d Victorian Cervical Cytology Registry Melbourne   (Australia)

^e CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; PERTUSSIS; PNEUMONIA; POLIOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RUBELLA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84865847132     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-1432     Document Type: Article

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