Prevalence of symptoms of eczema in latin america: Results of the international study of asthma and allergies in childhood (ISAAC) phase 3

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 311-323

  SoleI D ^a   Mallol, J ^b   Wandalsen, G F ^a   Aguirre, V ^b  

^a Federal University of SaÌ o Paulo   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Atopic eczema; Children; EpidemiologyUflexural eczema

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL STUDY; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUBA; ECZEMA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEXICO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PORTUGAL; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LATIN AMERICA; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 78049425110     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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