Age at adoption, ethnicity and atopic disorder: A study of internationally adopted young men in Sweden

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-106

  Hjern, Anders ^a,b   Rasmussen, Finn ^a,c   Hedlin, Gunilla ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Natl Swed Bd of Hlth and Welfare   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adoption; Allergy; Asthma; Ethnicity; Migration

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; ECZEMA; ETHNOLOGY; FAR EAST; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; ADOLESCENT; ARMY; CHILDHOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; INDIA; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MILITARY SERVICE; POLLEN ALLERGY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; ECZEMA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032841550     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3038.1999.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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