Risk Factors for Wheezing, Eczema and Rhinoconjunctivitis in the Previous 12 Months among Six-Year-Old Children in Himeji City, Japan: Food Allergy, Older Siblings, Day-Care Attendance and Parental Allergy History

Risk Factors for Wheezing, Eczema and Rhinoconjunctivitis in the Previous 12 Months among Six-Year-Old Children in Himeji City, Japan: Food Allergy, Older Siblings, Day-Care Attendance and Parental Allergy History

Background: The aim of this study was to clarify whether some environmental and genetic factors (food allergy, older siblings, early day-care attendance and parents' allergy history) are related to the development of allergic symptoms (wheezing in the previous 12 months [WP], eczema symptoms in...

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Main Authors: Fumitake Kurosaka, Tadayuki Terada, Akira Tanaka, Yuji Nakatani, Kazuhito Yamada, Jittoku Nishikawa, Katsumi Oka, Hironobu Takahashi, Akira Mogami, Taku Yamada, Toshio Nakano, Masayuki Shima, Hisahide Nishio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-01-01
Series:Allergology International
Subjects:
day-care
food allergy
hygiene hypothesis
older siblings
rhinoconjunctivitis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893015305347

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