Increasing prevalence of asthma, allergic rhinitis but not eczema in 5- to 8-yr-old Maltese children (ISAAC)

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-71

  Montefort, Stephen ^a,b   Ellul, Pierre ^b   Montefort, Maxine ^b   Caruana, Simone ^b   Agius Muscat, Hugo ^b  

^a Departments of Medicine ^*  (Malta)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Asthma; Childhood; Eczema; Maltese; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALTA; NOSE ALLERGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALTA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL;

EID: 58449092062     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2008.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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