A 9-year trend in the prevalence of allergic disease based on National Health Insurance data

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 301-309

  Yoo, Byoungin ^a   Park, Yoonhyung ^a   Park, Kwanjun ^a,b   Kim, Hoseob ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Atopic dermatitis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA PROCESSING; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TREND STUDY; YOUNG ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC; SOUTH KOREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948969904     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.15.011     Document Type: Article

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