Allergic disease diagnosis in Portugal: An exploratory study;Diagnóstico da doença alérgica em Portugal: Um estudo exploratório

Revista Portuguesa de Imunoalergologia

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-32

  Couto, Mariana ^a   de Almeida, Mário Morais ^a  

^a Hospital CUF Descobertas   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Anaphylaxis; Asthma; Diagnosis; Eczema; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSPNEA; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASAL PRURITUS; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; OCULAR PRURITUS; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; SNEEZING;

EID: 80053155275     PISSN: 08719721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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