Prevalence and risk factors of atopic diseases in German children and adolescents

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 716-723

  Schmitz, Roma ^a   Atzpodien, Karen ^a   Schlaud, Martin ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Atopic disease; Children; KiGGS, prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GERMANY; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MOULD; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84870500676     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2012.01342.x     Document Type: Article

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