Factors associated with the development and remission of allergic diseases in an epidemiological survey of high school students in Japan

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 94-99

  Tokunaga, Takahiro ^a   Ninomiya, Takahiro ^a   Osawa, Yoko ^b   Imoto, Yoshimasa ^a   Ito, Yumi ^a   Takabayashi, Tetsuji ^a   Narita, Norihiko ^a   Kijima, Akiko ^c   Murota, Hiroyuki ^c   Katayama, Ichiro ^c   Fujieda, Shigeharu ^a  

^a Head and Neck Surgery   (Japan)

^b FUKUI PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DISEASE COURSE; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; HYPOHIDROSIS; INTESTINE FLORA; ONLY CHILD; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC;

ADOLESCENT; CONSTIPATION; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; HYPOHIDROSIS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; ONLY CHILD; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84925760972     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2015.29.4135     Document Type: Article

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