Prevalence of asthma, rhinitis, and eczema from ISAAC survey of schoolchildren in Central Taiwan

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 833-837

  Liao, Mei Fen ^a   Huang, Jing Long ^b,d   Chiang, Li Chi ^c   Wang, Feng Yeh ^a   Chen, Ching Yi ^a  

^a Han Ming Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Eczema; ISAAC; Prevalence; Rhinitis; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; OCULAR PRURITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WHEEZING; WINTER;

ASTHMA; CHILD; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 30344471517     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900500369892     Document Type: Review

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