A 13-year study of Japanese cedar pollinosis in Japanese schoolchildren

Allergology International

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-180

  Ozasa, Kotaro ^a   Hama, Takemitsu ^a   Dejima, Kenji ^b   Watanabe, Yoshiyuki ^a   Hyo, Sawako ^c   Terada, Tetsuya ^c   Araki, Natsuko ^c   Takenaka, Hiroshi ^c  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO SECOND RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergy; Epidemiology; IgE; Japanese cedar pollinosis; Month of birth

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; JAPANESE CEDAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 46049120607     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.O-07-513     Document Type: Article

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