Prevalence and factors linked to atopic eczema in 10- and 11-year-old schoolchildren. Isaac 2 in Almeria, Spain

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 174-180

  Batlles Garrido, J ^a   Torres Borrego, J ^b   Bonillo Perales, A ^a   Rubi Ruiz T ^a   Gonzalez Jimenez Y ^a   Momblan De Cabo J ^a   Aguirre Rodriguez J ^a   Jimenez Liria R ^a   Losilla Maldonado, A ^a   Daza Torres, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL TORRECÁRDENAS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Atopic eczema; Atopy; Childhood; ISAAC II; Prevalence; Prick test; Rhinitis; Rhinoconjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST; SPAIN;

ASTHMA; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOSES; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SKIN TESTS; SPAIN;

EID: 77954384846     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: 15781267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aller.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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