Sex discordance in asthma and wheeze prevalence in two longitudinal cohorts

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Arathimos, Ryan ^a,b   Granell, Raquel ^a   Henderson, John ^a   Relton, Caroline L ^a,b   Tilling, Kate ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AVON LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILLENNIUM COHORT STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 85018809635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176293     Document Type: Article

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