Diverging prevalences and different risk factors for childhood asthma and eczema: A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Barnish, Maxwell S ^a   Tagiyeva, Nara ^a   Devereux, Graham ^a   Aucott, Lorna ^a   Turner, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL SMOKING; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SCOTLAND; TIME FACTOR;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84931263857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008446     Document Type: Article

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