Atopy and asthma in migrants

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 198-204

  Rottem, Menachem ^a   Szyper Kravitz, Martine ^b   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^b  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Atopy; Immigrants; Migrants; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; SMALLPOX VACCINE; VACCINE;

ASTHMA; ATOPY; BCG VACCINATION; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EOSINOPHILIA; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LIFESTYLE; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; VACCINATION; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HYGIENE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISRAEL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ASTHMA; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; HYGIENE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ISRAEL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 15844398314     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083894     Document Type: Review

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