Associations of Different Phenotypes of Wheezing Illness in Early Childhood with Environmental Variables Implicated in the Aetiology of Asthma

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Granell, Raquel ^a   Sterne, Jonathan A C ^a   Henderson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PARITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 84868269193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048359     Document Type: Article

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