Is high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency evidence for asthma and allergy risks?

European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 81-88

  Ehlayel, Mohammad S ^a   Bener, A ^a,b   Sabbah, A ^c  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c The University of Manchester ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Risk factors; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PHOSPHORUS; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79958793938     PISSN: 03979148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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