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

• Published in: Canadian Respiratory Journal
• Main Authors: Brenda Hemmelgarn, Esther Loozen, Sheila Saralegui, Susan Chatwood, Pierre Ernst
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Respiratory Journal 1995
• Subjects: Salluit; inuit
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1155/1995/136157

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.DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey.SETTING: Salluit, an isolated Inuit c...