Low socioeconomic status as a risk factor for asthma, rhinitis and sensitization at 4 years in a birth cohort

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 612-618

  Almqvist, Catarina ^a   Pershagen, G ^b   Wickman, M ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergy and immunology; Asthma; Child; Primary prevention; Rhinitis; Socioeconomy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN;

AGE OF ONSET; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 20044368341     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2005.02243.x     Document Type: Article

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