Negative association of enterobius infestation with asthma and rhinitis in primary school children in Taipei

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1029-1032

  Huang, S L ^a   Tsai, P F ^a   Yeh, Y F ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Enterobius; Epidemiology; Parasites; Pinworm; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFESTATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN; CHILD; ENTEROBIASIS; HAY FEVER; IMMUNOLOGY; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ASTHMA; CHILD; ENTEROBIASIS; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; HUMANS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 0035987310     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2002.01424.x     Document Type: Article

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