Worldwide variations in prevalence of symptoms of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis in children: the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC)

P. Strachan, David; Sibbald, Bonnie; K. Weiland, Stephan; Aït-Khaled, N; Anabwani, Gabriel; R Anderson, H; Innes Asher, M.; Beasley, Richard; Björkstén, Bengt; Burr, Michael; Clayton, Tadd; Crane, Julian; Ellwood, Philippa; Keil, Ulrich; Lai, Christopher; Mallol, Javier; D. Martínez, Fernando; A. Mitchell, Edwin; Montefort, Stephen; Pearce, Neil; F. Robertson, Colin; R. Shah, J.; W. Stewart, Alistair; von Mutius, Erika; C Williams, Hywel

doi:10.1111/j.1399-3038.1997.tb00156.x

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Worldwide variations in prevalence of symptoms of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis in children: the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC)

Published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology • Nov 1, 1997

Authors:

David P. Strachan

Bonnie Sibbald

Stephan K. Weiland

Abstract

BACKGROUND: As part of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC), prevalence surveys were conducted among representative samples of school children from locations in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, North and South America. SUBJECTS: 257,800 children aged 6-7 years from 91...

Subject

Hay fever

Medicine

Asthma

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