The role of latitude, ultraviolet radiation exposure and vitamin D in childhood asthma and hayfever: An Australian multicenter study

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 327-333

  Hughes, Ann Maree ^a   Lucas, Robyn Marjorie ^a   Ponsonby, Anne Louise ^b   Chapman, Caron ^c   Coulthard, Alan ^d   Dear, Keith ^a   Dwyer, Terry ^b   Kilpatrick, Trevor J ^e   Mcmichael, Anthony J ^a   Pender, Michael P ^d   Taylor, Bruce V ^f   Valery, Patricia ^g   van der Mei, Ingrid A F ^h   Williams, David ⁱ  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^g QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

ⁱ JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Allergy; Asthma; Australia; Eczema; Epidemiology; Food allergy; Hayfever; Latitude; Ultraviolet radiation; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; COD LIVER OIL; RUBBER; SILASTIC; VITAMIN D;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953310322     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2010.01099.x     Document Type: Article

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