Prevalence of allergy-related symptoms in Singaporean children in the second year of life

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-156

  Tan, Teng Nging ^a   Lim, Dawn Li Chern ^a   Lee, Bee Wah ^a   Van Sever, Hugo P ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Early life; Eczema; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RHINITIS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 17044408744     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2005.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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