Analysis of the relationship between pollinosis and date of birth in Switzerland

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 269-275

  Graf, N ^a   Johansen, P ^a   Schindler, C ^c,d   Wuthrich B ^a,d   Ackermann Liebrich, U ^c,d   Gassner, M ^e,f   Kundig T M ^a   Senti, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d SAPALDIA (Swiss Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults) Team   (Switzerland)

^e School Health Service   (Switzerland)

^f NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Birch pollen allergy; Grass pollen allergy; Pollinosis; Rhinoconjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BIRCH; CHILD; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREDICTION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTURITION; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447566960     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000100572     Document Type: Article

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