Changing prevalence and severity of childhood allergic diseases in Kyoto, Japan, from 1996 to 2006

Allergology International

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 543-548

  Kusunoki, Takashi ^a,b   Morimoto, Takeshi ^b   Nishikomori, Ryuta ^b   Yasumi, Takahiro ^b   Heike, Toshio ^b   Fujii, Tatsuya ^a   Nakahata, Tatsutoshi ^b  

^a SHIGA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergic disease; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Questionnaire; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

EID: 75449085752     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.09-OA-0085     Document Type: Article

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