Endotoxin as a determinant of asthma and wheeze among rural dwelling children and adolescents: A case-control study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lawson, Joshua A ^a,b   Dosman, James A ^b   Rennie, Donna C ^b   Beach, Jeremy R ^c   Newman, Stephen C ^c   Crowe, Trever ^d   Senthilselvan, Ambikaipakan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Children; Endotoxin; Pediatrics; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BED; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84866039263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-12-56     Document Type: Article

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