Childhood acute urticaria in northern and southern Europe shows a similar epidemiological pattern and significant meteorological influences

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 1 PART 1, 2011, Pages 36-42

  Konstantinou, George N ^a,b,c   Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G ^b   Tavladaki, Theonimfi ^d   Tsekoura, Theofani ^d   Tsilimigaki, Amalia ^d   Grattan, Clive E H ^c  

^a 424 General Army Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Venizelion General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute urticaria; Antibiotics; Food allergens; Humidity; Incidence; Prevalence; Respiratory infection; Temperature

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MORBIDITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URTICARIA; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GREAT BRITAIN; GREECE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; URTICARIA; WIND;

EID: 78851469496     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2010.01093.x     Document Type: Article

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