Grass pollen allergy in children and adolescents-symptoms, health related quality of life and the value of pollen prognosis

Clinical and Translational Allergy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Kiotseridis, Hampus ^a   Cilio, Corrado M ^a   Bjermer, Leif ^a   Tunsäter, Alf ^a   Jacobsson, Helene ^a   Dahl, Åslög ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Grass pollen allergy; Pollen forecasts; Quality of life; Rhinoconjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRASS POLLEN ALLERGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLLEN ALLERGY; POLLEN ANALYSIS; POLLEN COUNT; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 85006141138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-7022-3-19     Document Type: Article

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