Epidemiology of eczema among Lebanese adolescents

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 260-267

  Al Sahab, Ban ^a   Atoui, Maria ^b   Musharrafieh, Umayya ^b   Zaitoun, Fares ^b   Ramadan, Fuad ^b   Tamim, Hala ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Allergy; Eczema; Epidemiology; Lebanon

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECZEMA; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; LEBANON; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHINITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN PRURITUS;

EID: 58149202359     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-008-7085-2     Document Type: Article

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