Worldwide variations in prevalence of symptoms of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis in children: The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC)

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 161-168

  Strachan, David ^a   Sibbald, Bonnie ^b   Weiland, Stephan ^c   Aït Khaled, Nadia ^d   Anabwani, Gabriel ^e   Anderson, H Ross ^a   Asher, M Innes ^f   Beasley, Richard ^g   Björkstén, Bengt ^h   Burr, Michael ⁱ   Clayton, Tadd ^f   Crane, Julian ^g   Ellwood, Philippa ^f   Keil, Ulrich ^c   Lai, Christopher ^j   Mallol, Javier ^k   Martinez, Fernando ^l   Mitchell, Edwin ^f   Montefort, Stephen ^m   Pearce, Neil ^g   Robertson, Colin ⁿ   Shah, Jayant ^o   Stewart, Alistair ^f   Von Mutius, Erika ^p   Williams, Hywel ^q   more..

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d Union Internationale Contre T   (France)

^e PRINCESS MARINA HOSPITAL   (Botswana)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^g Wellington Asthma Research Group   (New Zealand)

^h LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁱ CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^k Hospital El Pino   (Chile)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MALTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Malta)

ⁿ ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^o JASLOK HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^p Kinderklinik   (Germany)

^q QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Conjunctivitis; Epidemiology; Global; Hay fever; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SNEEZING; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0006072587     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.1997.tb00156.x     Document Type: Article

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