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Review
. 1998 Feb 21;316(7131):607-10.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.316.7131.607.

ABC of allergies. The epidemiology of allergic disease

D Jarvis, P Burney
Review

ABC of allergies. The epidemiology of allergic disease

D Jarvis et al. BMJ. .

Erratum in

  • BMJ 1998 Apr 4;316(7137):1078
No abstract available

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Age standardised asthma mortality, England and Wales, 1969-94 (both sexes, 15-64 years)
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Changes in prevalence of asthma and wheeze, according to surveys conducted 1956-93 worldwide
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Change in prevalence of wheeze, asthma, exercise induced bronchial constriction, hay fever, and eczema in children in south Wales between 1973 and 1988
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Change in prevalence of sensitisation to common allergens in schoolchildren in Japan and Switzerland
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Areas with high (red) and low (blue) prevalence of asthma (top), hay fever and nasal allergies (centre), and sensitisation to any one of house dust mite, cat, timothy grass, or cladosporium species (bottom), according to results of the European Community respiratory health survey (white circles represent areas that participated in the study but which did not have a particularly high or low prevalence)
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Prevalence of hay fever in young adults by family size, number of older siblings, and number of younger siblings
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Odds of dying from asthma by month compared with odds of dying in January (England and Wales, 1958-91)
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