The relationship of per capita gross national product to the prevalence of symptoms of asthma and other atopic diseases in children (ISAAC)

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 173-179

  Stewart, Alistair W ^a   Mitchell, Ed A ^a   Pearce, Neil ^b   Strachan, David P ^c   Weiland, Stephan K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergies; Asthma; Children; Ecological; Eczema; GNP per capita; ISAAC; Rhinitis; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELLBEING; WHEEZING;

EID: 0035093512     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.1.173     Document Type: Article

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