Time trends in allergic disorders in the UK

Thorax

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-96

  Gupta, R ^a   Sheikh, A ^b   Strachan, D P ^a   Anderson, H R ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; CONSULTATION; ECZEMA; FOOD ALLERGY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SYMPTOM; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33846249220     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.038844     Document Type: Review

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