Risk factors for wheezing, eczema and rhinoconjunctivitis in the previous 12 months among six-year-old children in Himeji City, Japan: Food allergy, older siblings, day-care attendance and parental allergy history

Allergology International

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-330

  Kurosaka, Fumitake ^a   Terada, Tadayuki ^a   Tanaka, Akira ^a   Nakatani, Yuji ^a   Yamada, Kazuhito ^a   Nishikawa, Jittoku ^a   Oka, Katsumi ^a   Takahashi, Hironobu ^a   Mogami, Akira ^a,b   Yamada, Taku ^a   Nakano, Toshio ^a,b   Shima, Masayuki ^b   Nishio, Hisahide ^b  

^a HIMEJI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Day care; Food allergy; Hygiene hypothesis; Older siblings; Rhinoconjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DAY CARE; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SIBLING; WHEEZING;

EID: 80052659389     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.10-OA-0246     Document Type: Article

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