The burden of allergic asthma in children: A landscape comparison based on data from Lithuanian, Latvian, and Taiwanese populations

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 276-282

  Wu, Lawrence Shi Shin ^a   Sjakste, Tatjana ^b   Sakalauskas, Raimundas ^c   Sitkauskiene, Brigita ^c   Paramonova, Natalia ^b   Gasiuniene, Edita ^c   Jan, Ren Long ^d,e   Wang, Jiu Yao ^e  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^c LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^d CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

childhood asthma; disease burden; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; TAIWAN; URBANIZATION; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867847221     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2012.08.001     Document Type: Review

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