Environmental risk factors for early infantile atopic dermatitis

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 441-447

  Wang, I J ^a,b   Guo, Y L ^c   Weng, H J ^d   Hsieh, W S ^c   Chuang, Y L ^e   Lin, S J ^f   Chen, P C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Environmental factor; Fungi; Microwave

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CLIMATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 34447128165     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2007.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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