Lifetime prevalence of self-reported atopic diseases in a population-based sample of elderly subjects: Results of the ESTHER study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 693-697

  Wolkewitz, M ^a   Rothenbacher, D ^b   Low M ^b   Stegmaier, C ^c   Ziegler, H ^c   Radulescu, M ^a   Brenner, H ^b   Diepgen, T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

^c Unit for Health Monitoring   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adults; Atopic diseases; Observational study; Prevalence; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33947430649     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07659.x     Document Type: Article

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