Pollen counts in relation to the prevalence of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, asthma and atopic eczema in the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC)

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1675-1680

  Burr, M L ^a   Emberlin, J C ^b   Treu, R ^b   Cheng, S ^c   Pearce, N E ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Atopic eczema; Hayfever; Pollen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; EXPOSURE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0346216131     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2003.01816.x     Document Type: Article

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