Changing prevalence of allergic diseases in the Asia-Pacific Region

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 251-257

  Wong, Gary W K ^a   Leung, Ting Fan ^a   Ko, Fanny W S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Allergies; Asia; Asthma; International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ASIA; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CHINA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INDONESIA; JAPAN; KOREA; MALAYSIA; PHILIPPINES; POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RURAL AREA; SENSITIZATION; SINGAPORE; TAIWAN; UNITED KINGDOM; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84885753903     PISSN: 20927355     EISSN: 20927363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4168/aair.2013.5.5.251     Document Type: Review

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