Prevention and control of childhood asthma and allergy in the EU from the public health point of view: Polish Presidency of the European Union

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 726-731

  Samolinski B ^a   Fronczak, A ^b   Kuna, P ^c   Akdis, C A ^d   Anto, J M ^e   Bialoszewski, A Z ^a   Burney, P G ^f   Bush, A ^f   Czupryniak, A ^b   Dahl, R ^h   Flood, B ⁱ   Galea, G ^j   Jutel, M ^k   Kowalski, M L ^c   Palkonen, S ⁱ   Papadopoulos, N ^l   Raciborski, F ^a   Sienkiewicz, D ^m   Tomaszewska, A ^a   Von Mutius, E ⁿ   Willman, D ^o   Wlodarczyk A ^b   Yusuf, O ^p   Zuberbier, T ^q   Bousquet, J ^g   more..

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b Ministerstwo Zdrowia Poland   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^d SWISS INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND ASTHMA RESEARCH SIAF   (Switzerland)

^e CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^f ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ EFA European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations   (Belgium)

^j WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

^k WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^m European Public Health Alliance   (Belgium)

ⁿ LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^o Silvermedia Sp Z O O Sp K   (Poland)

^p Allergy and Asthma Institute   (Pakistan)

^q CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

allergy; asthma; public health; rhinitis; risk factors; specific immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COOPERATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POLITICS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ASTHMA; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLAND; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84861092312     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2012.02822.x     Document Type: Article

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