Month of birth and childhood atopic diseases in the tropics

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 962-967

  Chew, F T ^a   Goh, D Y T ^a   Teo, J ^a   Quak, S H ^a   Lee, B W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Atopic disease; Children; Epidemiology; Questionnaire survey; Season of birth; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICS;

EID: 0031757549     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1998.tb03797.x     Document Type: Article

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