Journal article
Atopy in childhood. I. Gender and allergen related risks for development of hay fever and asthma
Abstract
Reasons for the gender differences in prevalence rates for asthma remain unclear. We have examined the relationships between allergen skin-test reactions and diagnoses of hay fever and asthma in New Zealand boys and girls examined at the age of 13 years. Information on current and past wheezing, diagnosed asthma, and hay fever was obtained for 662 subjects (341 boys) of a birth cohort followed longitudinally to the age of 13 years, using a …
Authors
SEARS MR; BURROWS B; FLANNERY EM; HERBISON GP; HOLDAWAY MD
Journal
Clinical & Experimental Allergy, Vol. 23, No. 11, pp. 941–948
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
November 1993
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2222.1993.tb00279.x
ISSN
0954-7894