Health care costs of allergic rhinitis-associated conditions vary with allergy season

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 457-462

  Crystal Peters, Jodi ^a   Neslusan, Cheryl A ^a,b   Smith, Mark W ^a   Togias, Alkis ^c  

^a MEDSTAT GROUP   (United States)

^b JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINUSITIS; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0036879471     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62081-9     Document Type: Article

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