Allergy related disorders among 2-yrs olds in a general population. the PACT Study

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 2 PART 1, 2010, Pages 315-320

  Smidesang, Ingeborg ^a,b   Saunes, Marit ^a,b   Storrø, Ola ^a   Øien, Torbjørn ^a   Holmen, Turid Lingaas ^c   Johnsen, Roar ^a   Henriksen, Anne Hildur ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Allergy; Epidemiology; Preschool child; Questionnaire; Skin prick test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77950191201     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2009.00954.x     Document Type: Article

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