Skin test reactivity among Danish children measured 15 years apart

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-153

  Thomsen, Simon Francis ^a   Ulrik, Charlotte Suppli ^b   Porsbjerg, Celeste ^a   Backer, Vibeke ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atopy; Children; Decrease; Prevalence; Skin prick test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALTERNARIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SKIN TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745063087     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900500499004     Document Type: Article

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