Increase in the prevalence of rhinitis among Danish children from 1986 to 2001

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 154-159

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

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Atopy; Children; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847394118     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2006.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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