Cedar and cypress pollen counts are associated with the prevalence of allergic diseases in Japanese schoolchildren

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 757-763

  Yoshida, K ^a   Adachi, Y ^b   Akashi, M ^c   Itazawa, T ^b   Murakami, Y ^d   Odajima, H ^d   Ohya, Y ^e   Akasawa, A ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c Saitama City Hospital   (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

asthma; children; conjunctivitis; pollen; rhinitis

Indexed keywords

POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; JAPANESE CEDAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHAMAECYPARIS; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYPTOMERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; JAPAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 84878110651     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12164     Document Type: Article

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