GA 2LEN (Global Allergy and Asthma European Network) addresses the allergy and asthma 'epidemic'

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 969-977

  Bousquet, J ^a   Burney, P G ^b   Zuberbier, T ^c   Cauwenberge, P V ^d   Akdis, C A ^e   Bindslev Jensen, C ^f   Bonini, S ^g   Fokkens, W J ^h   Kauffmann, F ⁱ   Kowalski, M L ^j   Lodrup Carlsen, K ^k   Mullol, J ^l   Nizankowska Mogilnicka, E ^m   Papadopoulos, N ⁿ   Toskala, E ^o   Wickman, M ^p   Anto, J ^q   Auvergne, N ^r   Bachert, C ^s   Bousquet, P J ^t   Brunekreef, B ^u   Canonica, G W ^v   Carlsen, K H ^w   Gjomarkaj, M ^x   Haahtela, T ^y   Howarth, P ^z   Lenzen, G ⁱ   Lotvall, J ^aa   Radon, K ^ab   Ring, J ^ac   Salapatas, M ^ad   Schunemann H J ^ae   Szczecklik, A ^m   Todo Bom, A ^af   Valovirta, E ^ag   Von Mutius, E ^ab   Zock, J P ^q   more..

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e SWISS INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND ASTHMA RESEARCH SIAF   (Switzerland)

^f ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^h ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ INSERM   (France)

^j MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^l INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^m JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^o HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^p SACHS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^q INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^r Interel   (Belgium)

^s GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^t NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^u UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^v UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^w UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^x CNR   (Italy)

^y HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^z UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^ac TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^ad EFA European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations   (Belgium)

^ae MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^af CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^ag Turku Allergy Center   (Finland)

more..

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; European Union; Global Allergy and Asthma European Network

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COOPERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 66749089841     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02059.x     Document Type: Review

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