The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC): Rational methods and outlook;Die Internationale Studie zu Asthma und Allergien im Kindesalter (ISAAC): Forschungsstrategie, methoden und ausblick

Allergologie

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 275-282

  Weiland, S K ^a   Von Mutius, E ^b   Keil, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergies; Asthma; Childhood; Epidemiology; ISAAC

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFESTYLE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0033051096     PISSN: 03445062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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