Increase in Allergic Sensitization in Schoolchildren: Two Cohorts Compared 10 Years Apart

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 457-463.e1

  Bunne, Joakim ^a   Moberg, Helena ^a   Hedman, Linnea ^a,b   Andersson, Martin ^a   Bjerg, Anders ^c   Lundbäck, Bo ^d   Rönmark, Eva ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergic sensitization; Incidence; Longitudinal study; Prevalence; Risk factors; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ALLERGEN;

AGE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGIC SENSITIZATION; ALLERGY; ALTERNARIA; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRCH; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; CHILD; CLADOSPORIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DOG; FAMILY HISTORY; HORSE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MITE; MOULD; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TREND STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; POLLEN; POPULATION; SKIN TEST; TIME FACTOR;

ALLERGENS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; POLLEN; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85020350724     PISSN: 22132198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2016.09.025     Document Type: Article

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