Prevalence and associated factors of atopic dermatitis symptoms in rural and urban Ethiopia

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 779-785

  Yemaneberhan, H ^a   Flohr, C ^b   Lewis, S A ^b   Bekele, Z ^a   Parry, E ^c   Williams, H C ^b   Britton, J ^b   Venn, A ^b  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic diseases; Allergy; Atopic dermatitis; Atopy; Hygiene hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ENVIRONMENT; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN TESTS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; URBAN POPULATION; WOOD;

EID: 2942601650     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2004.1946.x     Document Type: Article

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