Urban-rural differences in the prevalence of allergen sensitization and self-reported rhinitis in the elderly population

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 455-461

  Song, Woo Jung ^a   Sohn, Kyoung Hee ^a   Kang, Min Gyu ^a   Park, Han Ki ^a   Kim, Mi Yeong ^b   Kim, Sae Hoon ^a,c   Lim, Min Kyung ^d   Choi, Min Ho ^a   Kim, Ki Woong ^a,c,e   Cho, Sang Heon ^a   Min, Kyung Up ^a   Chang, Yoon Seok ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^d National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

AGED; ALLERGEN SENSITIZATION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SEMIRURAL AREA; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOM; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION; AGING; ANIMAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; IMMUNOLOGY; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN TEST; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AGING; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PYROGLYPHIDAE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SKIN TESTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84930044165     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2015.03.008     Document Type: Article

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