Prevalence of allergic disease in foreign-born American children

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 554-560

  Silverberg, Jonathan I ^a   Simpson, Eric L ^b   Durkin, Helen G ^c   Joks, Rauno ^c  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRTHPLACE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878642159     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.1319     Document Type: Article

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