The 2002-2007 trends of prevalence of asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema in Irish schoolchildren

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 464-471

  Duggan, Eileen M ^a   Sturley, Jennifer ^b   Fitzgerald, Anthony P ^a   Perry, Ivan J ^a   Hourihane, Jonathan O'B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Mary Immaculate College   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Allergy; Asthma; Atopy; Childhood; Eczema; Epidemiology; Paediatric; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOM;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84864118153     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2012.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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