The prevalence of allergic diseases in an unselected group of 6-year-old children. The DARC birth cohort study

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 737-745

  Kjaer, Henrik Fomsgaard ^a   Eller, Esben ^a   Høst, Arne ^a   Andersen, Klaus Ejner ^a   Bindslev Jensen, Carsten ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopic dermatitis; Birth cohort; Food hypersensitivity; Prevalence; Rhinoconjunctivitis; Sensitization; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SENSITIZATION; URTICARIA;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS; URTICARIA;

EID: 52649154339     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2008.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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