Hay fever, eczema, and wheeze: A nationwide UK study (ISAAC, international study of asthma and allergies in childhood)

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-230

  Austin, Jane B ^a   Kaur, Balvinder ^b   Anderson, H Ross ^b   Burr, Michael ^c   Harkins, Leigh S ^b   Strachan, David P ^b   Warner, John O ^d  

^a NHS HIGHLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Ctr Appl Pub Hlth Med TP/H   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopic disease; Eczema; Epidemiology; Hay fever; International study of asthma and allergies in childhood

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

EID: 0032794146     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.81.3.225     Document Type: Article

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