Increasing prevalence of specific IgE to aeroallergens in an adult population: Two cross-sectional surveys eight years apart. The Copenhagen allergy study;Stigning i prævalensen af specifikt IgE imod luftvejsallergener i en dansk voksenpopulation - To tværsnitsstudier i 1990 og 1998. Allergiunderseøgelsen i glostrup

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 164, Issue 35, 2002, Pages 4061-4065

  Linneberg, Allan R ^a   Nielsen, Niels Henrik ^a   Madsen, Flemming F ^a   Frølund, Lars ^a   Dirksen, Asger ^a   Jørgensen, Torben ^a  

^a Amtssygehuset i Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; AIR POLLUTANT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; IMMUNOLOGY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PERENNIAL RHINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0037178949     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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