Lower prevalence of reported asthma in adolescents with symptoms of rhinitis that received neonatal BCG

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 857-862

  Da Cunha, S S ^a,b   Cruz, A A ^b   Dourado, I ^b   Barreto, M L ^b   Ferreira, L D A ^b   Rodrigues, L C ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; BCG vaccine; Hypersensitivity; Rhinitis; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BCG VACCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; SCAR; SNEEZING; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BCG VACCINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 3442879609     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2004.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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