Changes in the relationship between asthma and associated risk factors over fifty years

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 162-169

  Barnish, Maxwell S ^a   Tagiyeva, Nara ^a   Devereux, Graham ^a,b   Aucott, Lorna ^a   Turner, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asthma; atopy; child health; environmental epidemiology; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; ECZEMA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY; WHEEZING; ANAMNESIS; PARENT; SMOKING; TIME FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85013399292     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12674     Document Type: Article

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