Are asthma and allergies in children and adolescents increasing? Results from ISAAC phase I and phase III surveys in Münster, Germany

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 572-579

  Maziak, W ^a   Behrens, T ^a   Brasky, T M ^b   Duhme, H ^a   Rzehak, P ^c   Weiland, S K ^c   Keil, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Cross sectional study; Eczema; ISAAC; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE I; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037561089     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2003.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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