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Family history and the risk of early-onset persistent, early-onset transient, and late-onset asthma.
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) - 1 Sept 2001
London S J, James Gauderman W, Avol E, Rappaport E B, Peters J M
Abstract excerpt
Family history of asthma and allergies strongly influences asthma risk in children, but the association may differ for early-onset persistent, early-onset transient, and late-onset asthma. We analyzed the relation between family history and these types of asthma using cross-sectional data from a school-based study of 5,046 Southern California children. Parental and/or sibling history of asthma and allergy were...
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