Ecological correlation among prevalence of asthma symptoms, rhinoconjunctivitis and atopic eczema with notifications of tuberculosis and measles in the Brazilian population

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 582-586

  Solé, Dirceu ^a,h   Camelo Nunes, Inês Cristina ^a   Wandalsen, Gustavo F ^a   Sarinho, Emanuel ^b   Sarinho, Sílvia ^c   De Britto, Murilo ^d   Rosário, Nelson A ^d   Solano De Freitas Souza, Leda ^e   Stein, Renato ^f   Fischer, Gilberto Bueno ^g   Naspitz, Charles Kirov ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^f PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^h NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopic eczema; Measles; Prevalence; Rhinoconjunctivitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BRAZIL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; OCULAR PRURITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOSIS; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEASLES; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 27644550587     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2005.00213.x     Document Type: Article

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