Increasing risk of asthma without other atopic diseases in school children: A repeated cross-sectional study after 13 years

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 247-252

  Nystad, W ^a   Magnus, P ^a   Gulsvik, A ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Incidence; Prevalence; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT EFFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0031840038     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007453322547     Document Type: Article

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