The relationship among markers of allergy, asthma, allergic rhinitis, and eczema in Costa Rica

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 91-97

  Celedón, Juan C ^a,b,c   Soto Quiros, Manuel E ^d,e   Hanson, Lars Å ^f   Weiss, Scott T ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE NIÑOS   (Costa Rica)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Eczema in Costa Rica; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COSTA RICA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST; SPIROMETRY;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; COSTA RICA; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0036094001     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3038.2002.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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