Worldwide variation in prevalence of symptoms of asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, and atopic eczema: ISAAC

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9111, 1998, Pages 1225-1232

  Beasley, Richard ^a   Keil, U ^b   Von Mutius, E ^c   Pearce, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ECZEMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0032565364     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)07302-9     Document Type: Article

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