Cultural adaptation is associated with atopy and wheezing among children of Turkish origin living in Germany

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 526-531

  Gruber C ^a   Illi, S ^b   Plieth, A ^a   Sommerfeld, C ^a   Wahn, U ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Asthma; Atopy; Childhood; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Prevalence; Turkish

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; SENSITIZATION; WHEEZING;

ACCULTURATION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFECTION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 0036231429     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0954-7894.2002.01331.x     Document Type: Article

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