Airways Hyperresponsiveness and Atopy: A Comparison of Inuit and Montreal Schoolchildren

Brenda Hemmelgarn; Esther Loozen; Sheila Saralegui; Susan Chatwood; Pierre Ernst

doi:10.1155/1995/136157

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 1995)

Airways Hyperresponsiveness and Atopy: A Comparison of Inuit and Montreal Schoolchildren

Brenda Hemmelgarn,
Esther Loozen,
Sheila Saralegui,
Susan Chatwood,
Pierre Ernst

Affiliations

Brenda Hemmelgarn: Respiratory Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Esther Loozen: Respiratory Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sheila Saralegui: Respiratory Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Susan Chatwood: Respiratory Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Pierre Ernst: Respiratory Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1995/136157
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 2
pp. 92 – 96

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To compare the prevalence ol exercise induced bronchial hyperresponsiveness in Inuit children with that or children in Montreal, and to identify possible genetic and environmental determinants of the differences observed.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crj/

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