Is childhood allergy more common amongst an island population?

Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 236-241

  Jeffs, David ^a   Grainger, Richard ^b   Powell, Peter ^c  

^a Director of Public Health   (United Kingdom)

^b Le Bas Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c Crookall House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood allergy; Childhood asthma; Environmental triggers; International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Childhood (ISAAC)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLIMATE; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHANNEL ISLANDS; CHILD; ECZEMA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034531325     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146642400012000411     Document Type: Article

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