Disparate geographic prevalences of asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and atopic eczema among adolescents in five Canadian cities

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 867-877

  Wang, Hong Yu ^a,b   Pizzichini, Marcia M M ^a,b   Becker, Allan B ^c   Duncan, Joanne M ^a,b   Ferguson, Alexander C ^d   Greene, Justina M ^a,b   Rennie, Donna C ^e   Senthilselvan, Ambikaipakan ^f   Taylor, Brett W ^g   Sears, Malcolm R ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescent; allergic rhinoconjunctivitis; asthma; atopic eczema; cross sectional study; epidemiology; ISAAC; prevalence; risk factor

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CANADA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TRAFFIC; WHEEZING;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 77954908677     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2010.01064.x     Document Type: Article

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