Incidence rates of atopic dermatitis, asthma, and allergic rhinoconjunctivitis in Danish and Swedish children

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 360-366.e2

  Henriksen, Lonny ^a   Simonsen, Jacob ^b   Haerskjold, Ann ^a   Linder, Marie ^c   Kieler, Helle ^c   Thomsen, Simon Francis ^d   Stensballe, Lone Graff ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atopy; children; incidence rate; pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SWEDEN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; REGISTRIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 84938746874     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.02.003     Document Type: Article

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