Prevalence, severity, and time trends of allergic conditions in 6-to-7-year-old schoolchildren in Taipei

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 556-562

  Wu, W F ^a,b   Wan, K S ^a,b   Wang, S J ^a   Yang, W ^a   Liu, W L ^a  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Childhood; Eczema; Rhinitis; Taipei

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INDUCED WHEEZING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; SPEECH DISORDER; TAIWAN; TREND STUDY; WHEEZING;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 83755225378     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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