Prevalence of respiratory and atopic disorders among children in the East and West of Germany five years after unification

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 862-870

  Weiland, S K ^a   Von Mutius, E ^b   Hirsch, T ^b   Duhme, H ^b   Fritzsch, C ^b   Werner, B ^b   Husing A ^b   Stender, M ^b   Renz, H ^b   Leupok, W ^b   Keil, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Air pollution; Allergies; Asthma; Epidemiology; ISAAC; Respiratory disorders

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; ECZEMA; GERMANY; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; GERMANY, EAST; GERMANY, WEST; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032734482     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.1999.14d23.x     Document Type: Article

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