Environmental factors and allergic disorders

Allergology International

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 363-396

  Tanaka, Keiko ^a   Miyake, Yoshihiro ^a   Kiyohara, Chikako ^b  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Atopic dermatitis; Environmental factors; Review; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; RETINOL; SMALLPOX VACCINE; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASIA; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BREAST FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC DISORDER; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; MEDLINE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WHEEZING;

EID: 37349048261     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.R-07-143     Document Type: Review

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