Asthma and allergy among schoolchildren in a mountainous, dry, non-polluted area in Norway

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-48

  Njå, Frode ^a,e   Roøksund, Ola Drange ^a   Svidal, Björn ^b   Nystad, Wenche ^c   Carlsen, Kai Håkon ^d  

^a Geilomo Children's Hosp Asthma A   (Norway)

^b Geilomo Children's Hospital School   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma prevalence; Bronchial provocation test; Children; Exercise test

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; METHACHOLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDER; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INHALATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CLIMATE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0034066089     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3038.2000.00044.x     Document Type: Article

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