Frequency of atopy in the Arctic in 1987 and 1998

Lancet

Volumn 360, Issue 9334, 2002, Pages 691-692

  Krause, Tyra Grove ^a,c   Koch, Anders ^a   Friborg, Jeppe ^a   Poulsen, Lars K ^b   Kristensen, Bjarne ^a,d   Melbye, Mads ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c Pharmacia   (Denmark)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0037206035     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)09841-0     Document Type: Article

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