Asthma and allergies among children in West and East Germany: A comparison between Munster and Greifswald using the ISAAC phase I protocol

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 840-847

  Duhme, H ^a   Weiland, S K ^a   Rudolph, P ^b   Wienke, A ^a   Kramer, A ^b   Keil, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Childhood; Epidemiology; International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC); Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 0031746163     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.11040840     Document Type: Article

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