Asthma, eczema, and reports on pollen and cat allergy among pupils in Shanxi province, China

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 207-216

  Norbäck, Dan ^a   Zhao, Z H ^a   Wang, Z H ^b   Wieslander, G ^a   Mi, Y H ^a   Zhang, Z ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; China; Dietary factors; Rural childhood

Indexed keywords

PAINT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BUILDING MATERIAL; CAT; CHILD GROWTH; CHINA; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG; EATING HABIT; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33846429665     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-006-0123-6     Document Type: Article

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