Extent and Burden of Allergic Diseases in Elementary Schoolchildren: A National Multicenter Study

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Civelek E., Cakir B., Boz A. B., Yuksel H., Orhan F., Uner A., ...More

JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIONAL ALLERGOLOGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, vol.20, no.4, pp.280-288, 2010 (SCI-Expanded)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 20 Issue: 4
• Publication Date: 2010
• Journal Name: JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIONAL ALLERGOLOGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
• Page Numbers: pp.280-288
• Keywords: Allergy, Asthma, Atopy, Childhood, Epidemiology, ISAAC, Prevalence, CHILDHOOD ASTHMA, BRONCHIAL HYPERRESPONSIVENESS, ATOPIC DISORDERS, PREVALENCE, RHINITIS, ISAAC, COST, SENSITIZATION, RATIONALE, SYMPTOMS
• Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Scarcity of standardized, comparable data on allergic diseases in schoolchildren in Turkey requires further multicenter studies based on the use of objective tools in addition to parent-completed questionnaires to improve the validity and reliability of results.