Atopic dermatitis and risk factors in poor children from Great Buenos Aires, Argentina

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 299-303

  Dei Cas, I ^a   Dei Cas, P ^a   Acuna K ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CHILD; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; URBAN AREA;

ARGENTINA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 62449086837     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02916.x     Document Type: Article

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