Epidemiology of urticaria in infants and young children in Germany - Results from the German LISAplus and GINIplus Birth Cohort Studies

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-42

  Bruske I ^a   Standl, M ^a   Weidinger, S ^b   Klumper C ^c   Hoffmann, B ^c   Schaaf, B ^d   Herbarth, O ^e   Lehmann, I ^f   Von Berg, A ^g   Berdel, D ^g   Bauer, C P ^h   Koletzko, S ⁱ   Heinrich, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c IUF LEIBNIZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d Medical Practice for Pediatrics   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^f HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^g MARIEN HOSPITAL WESEL   (Germany)

^h TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

ⁱ LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopic disease; Children; Cumulative prevalence; Epidemiology; IgE; Incidence; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

ATOPIC DISEASE; CHILDREN; CUMULATIVE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IGE; INCIDENCE; URTICARIA;

ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INCIDENCE; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; URTICARIA;

EID: 84894227158     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12146     Document Type: Article

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