Epidemiology and current status of allergic rhinitis and asthma in Thailand-ARIA Asia-Pacific workshop report

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-86

  Bunnag, Chaweewan ^a   Jareoncharsri, P ^a   Tantilipikorn, P ^a   Vichyanond, P ^b   Pawankar, R ^c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMINOPHYLLINE; BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BROMPHENIRAMINE; BUDESONIDE; BUDESONIDE PLUS FORMOTEROL; CETIRIZINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; EPHEDRINE; FENOTEROL PLUS IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; GUAIFYLLINE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; HYDROXYZINE; LORATADINE; MONTELUKAST; OXYMETAZOLINE; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PROCATEROL; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; SALBUTAMOL SULFATE; TERBUTALINE SULFATE; THEOPHYLLINE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ABSENTEEISM; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; CAT; CLADOSPORIUM; COCKROACH; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSULTATION; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOG; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GRASS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOULD; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRICK TEST; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; THAILAND; WEED; WORKSHOP;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; THAILAND;

EID: 67749086819     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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