Higher latitude and lower solar radiation influence on anaphylaxis in Chilean children

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 338-343

  Hoyos Bachiloglu, Rodrigo ^a,b   S Morales, Pamela ^a   Cerda, Jaime ^a   Talesnik, Eduardo ^a   González, Gilberto ^a   Camargo, Carlos A ^c   Borzutzky, Arturo ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Facultad de Medicina Universidad Andrés Bello   (Chile)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Anaphylaxis; Food allergy; Latitude; Solar radiation; Vitamin d

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHILD; CHILE; DATA BASE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFANT; LATITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSICIAN; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOLAR RADIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; VERY ELDERLY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WINTER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOLAR ENERGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; SOLAR ENERGY; VITAMIN D; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904732631     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12211     Document Type: Article

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