A systematic review of socioeconomic position in relation to asthma and allergic diseases

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 364-374

  Uphoff, Eleonora ^a,b   Cabieses, Báltica ^a,b,c   Pinart, Mariona ^d,e,f,g   Valdés, Macarena ^h   Maria Antó, Josep ^d,e,f,g   Wright, John ^a  

^a BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^f CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOOD ALLERGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SKIN ALLERGY; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WHEEZING; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

ASTHMA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84938902707     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00114514     Document Type: Review

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