Early onset of allergic rhinitis and asthma in recent extra-European immigrants to Milan, Italy: The perspective of a non-governmental organisation

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 232-239

  Burastero, S E ^a   Masciulli, A ^b   Villa, A M ^b  

^a Outpatient Service of Opera San Francesco   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emigration and Immigration; Hypersensitivity ethnology; Retrospective Studies

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASTHMA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EASTERN EUROPE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIZATION; POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIZATION; SOUTH AMERICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ASIA; ASTHMA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 79960627992     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: 15781267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aller.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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