Obesity and the prevalence of allergic diseases in schoolchildren

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 527-534

  Kusunoki, Takashi ^a,b,c   Morimoto, Takeshi ^c   Nishikomori, Ryuta ^c   Heike, Toshio ^c   Ito, Masatoshi ^b   Hosoi, Susumu ^d   Nakahata, Tatsutoshi ^c  

^a SHIGA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN   (Japan)

^b Shiga Medical Center for Children   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Ako City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergic conjunctivitis; Allergic rhinitis; Allergy; Atopic dermatitis; Bronchial asthma; Childhood; Epidemiology; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 49749120651     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2007.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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