Environmental factors, parental atopy and atopic eczema in primary-school children: A cross-sectional study in Taiwan

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1217-1224

  Lee, Y L ^a   Li, C W ^a   Sung, F C ^b   Yu, H S ^c   Sheu, H M ^a   Guo, Y L ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atopic eczema; Children; Environmental factors; Parental atopy; Population attributable risk

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CHILD; COCKROACH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CHILD; COCKROACHES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 36148934200     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08215.x     Document Type: Article

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