Incidence and prevalence of multiple allergic disorders recorded in a national primary care database

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 558-563

  Simpson, Colin R ^a   Newton, John ^b   Hippisley Cox, Julia ^c   Sheikh, Aziz ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 56849097345     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2008.080196     Document Type: Article

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