Allergic conditions in 5-8-year-old Maltese schoolchildren: Prevalence, severity, and associated risk factors [ISAAC]

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 98-104

  Montefort, Stephen ^a,b   Muscat, Hugo Agius ^a   Caruana, Simone ^a   Lenicker, Herbert ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

^b Belvedere ^*  (Malta)

Author keywords

Asthma; Childhood; Eczema; Maltese; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALTA; NOSE ALLERGY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MALTA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036093599     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3038.2002.00063.x     Document Type: Article

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