Changes in atopy over a quarter of a century, based on cross sectional data at three time periods

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London EC1M 6BQ. m.r.law@qmul.ac.uk

Malcolm Law et al. BMJ. 2005.

. 2005 May 21;330(7501):1187-8.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.38435.582975.AE. Epub 2005 Apr 15.

¹ Centre for Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London EC1M 6BQ. m.r.law@qmul.ac.uk

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Changes in atopy over 25 years: atopy now affects wider age range.
Zauli D, Bortolotti R, Grassi A, Tiberio D, Bianchi FB. Zauli D, et al. BMJ. 2005 Aug 6;331(7512):352. doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7512.352-a. BMJ. 2005. PMID: 16081459 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Changes in atopy over 25 years: allergy epidemic has spread to old age.
Linneberg A. Linneberg A. BMJ. 2005 Aug 6;331(7512):352. doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7512.352. BMJ. 2005. PMID: 16081460 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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