Risk factors for asthma and allergic diseases among 13-14-year-old schoolchildren in Japan

Allergology International

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-150

  Sugiyama, Takako ^a   Sugiyama, Kumiya ^a   Toda, Masao ^a   Yukawa, Tastuo ^a   Makino, Sohei ^a   Fukuda, Takeshi ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Childhood; International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood; Prevalence; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; TRAFFIC; WHEEZING;

EID: 0036082494     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1592.2002.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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