Prevalence of allergic rhinitis in 3-6-year-old children in Wuhan of China

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 869-874

  Kong, W J ^a   Chen, J J ^a   Zheng, Z Y ^a   Shi, Q M ^a   Zhou, Y ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Children; Epidemiology; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; EGG; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; MOULD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PYROGLYPHIDAE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 66149097776     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2009.03206.x     Document Type: Article

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