Epidemiology of allergic rhinitis caused by grass pollen or house-dust mites in Spain

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Valero, Antonio ^a   Justicia, José L ^b   Antón, Encarna ^c   Dordal, Teresa ^d   Fernández Parra, Beatriz ^e   Lluch, Magdalena ^f   Montoro, Javier ^g   Navarro, Ana M ^h  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b Stallergenes Ibérica S A   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^d Hospital Sant Pere Claver   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL EL BIERZO   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL DE LA PLANA   (Spain)

^h Hospital El Tomillar   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGEN SPECIFIC IMMUNOTHERAPY; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ANTIGENS, PLANT; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; POACEAE; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960438371     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2011.25.3599     Document Type: Article

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