Allergic rhinitis in northern Vietnam: increased risk of urban living according to a large population survey

Clinical and Translational Allergy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Lâm, Hoàng Thị ^a,b,c   Văn Tường, Nguyễn ^b   Ekerljung, Linda ^d   Rönmark, Eva ^d,e,f   Lundbäck, Bo ^d,e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c Service de Rhumatologie   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e SUNDERBY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; epidemiology; nasal blocking; runny nose chronic rhinitis; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION; VIET NAM;

EID: 85006320612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-7022-1-7     Document Type: Article

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