A temporal decline in asthma but not eczema prevalence from 2000 to 2005 at school entry in the Australian Capital Territory with further consideration of country of birth

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 559-569

  Ponsonby, Anne Louise ^a,b,c   Glasgow, Nicholas ^c,d   Pezic, Angela ^a   Dwyer, Terence ^a,b   Ciszek, Karen ^c   Kljakovic, Marjan ^c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood asthma; Country of birth; Eczema; Prevalence; Time trend

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BUDESONIDE; BUDESONIDE PLUS FORMOTEROL; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; MONTELUKAST; NEDOCROMIL SODIUM;

ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ASIA; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AUSTRALIA; BIRTHPLACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL ADMISSION; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WHEEZING;

ASIA; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECZEMA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LINEAR MODELS; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; EURASIA; EUROPE; NEW ZEALAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44949191276     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn029     Document Type: Article

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