Quality of life in allergic rhinitis

Clinical and Experimental Allergy Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 62-66

  Passalacqua, G ^a,b   Baiardini, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Quality of life; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; INSECT ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; REVIEW; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; URTICARIA; WELLBEING;

EID: 33646504068     PISSN: 14729725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2006.00101.x     Document Type: Review

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