Asthma and allergic diseases in preschool children in Korea: Findings from the pilot study of the Korean Surveillance System for Childhood Asthma

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 373-379

  Cho, Yong Min ^a   Ryu, Seung Hun ^a   Choi, Min Seok ^a   Tinyami, Erick Tandi ^a   Seo, Sungchul ^b   Choung, Ji Tae ^b,c   Choi, Jae Wook ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University Ansan Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Management control; Pediatrics; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GENETIC RISK; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; KOREA; KOREAN SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR CHILDHOOD ASTHMA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOULD; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84901673371     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2013.876648     Document Type: Article

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