Allergic disease in urban and rural populations: Increasing prevalence with increasing urbanization

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1357-1360

  Nicolaou, N ^a   Siddique, N ^b   Custovic, Adnan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ASTHMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ETHNOLOGY; FARMING SYSTEM; HUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; URBAN HYGIENE; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA; AIR POLLUTION; ASIA; EUROPE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 26944489234     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2005.00961.x     Document Type: Editorial

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