High incidence and persistence of airborne allergen sensitization up to age 19 years

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 723-730

  Ronmark E ^a   Warm, K ^a   Bjerg, A ^b   Backman, H ^a   Hedman, L ^a,c   Lundback B ^d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

allergic sensitization; epidemiology; longitudinal study; prevalence; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ALLERGY; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; BIRCH; BIRTH ORDER; CAT; CHILD; CLADOSPORIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DOG; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HORSE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POLLEN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SIBLING; URBAN AREA; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SKIN TEST; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLEN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SKIN TESTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84996629794     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.13053     Document Type: Article

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