An increasing prevalence of allergy in Estonian schoolchildren is not restricted to exposure to a Western lifestyle only in infancy

T. Annus, M. A. Riikjärv, K. Rahu, B. Björkstén (Tartu, Tallinn, Estonia; Stockholm, Sweden)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Paediatric respiratory epidemiology I
Session: Paediatric respiratory epidemiology I
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1094
Disease area: Airway diseases, Paediatric lung diseases

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