Urban/rural differences in the prevalences of airway diseases, allergies, and sensitizations in 6-year-old children from East and West Germany;Pravalenzen von atemwegserkrankungen, allergien und sensibilisierungen: Stadt/land-unterschiede bei sechsjahrigen kindern aus ost- und Westdeutschland

Allergologie

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-37

  Kramer U ^a,c   Behrendt, H ^d   Dolgner, R ^a   Oppermann, H ^b   Ranft, U ^a   Ring, J ^d   Schlipkoter H W ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Hygieneinstitut Sachsen Anhalt   (Germany)

^c Medizinisches Institut fur Umwelthygiene   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Airway diseases; Allergies; Children; Urban rural differences

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; POLLEN ANTIGEN; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0141828833     PISSN: 03445062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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