Disease patterns of outpatient visits by Japanese expatriate children in Thailand

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 573-578

  Sakai, Rie ^a   Wongkhomthong, Som Arch ^b   Marui, Eiji ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Bangkok Hospital Medical Center   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Expatriate children; Hygiene hypothesis; Living environment; Oversea life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; JAPANESE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAILAND; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION; JAPAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; THAILAND;

EID: 59149096973     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.01130.x     Document Type: Article

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