No association between serum vitamin D status and the prevalence of allergic diseases in Japanese children

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 218-220

  Ito, Yasunori ^a   Adachi, Yuichi ^a   Yoshida, Koichi ^b   Akasawa, Akira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; JAPAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84866675056     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339962     Document Type: Letter

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