Trends in prevalence of symptoms of asthma, hay fever, and eczema in 12-14 year olds in the British Isles, 1995-2002: questionnaire survey

Anderson, H. Ross, Ruggles, Ruth, Strachan, David P., Austin, Jane B., Burr, Michael Leslie, Jeffs, David, Standring, Peter, Steriu, Andrea and Goulding, Rosie 2004. Trends in prevalence of symptoms of asthma, hay fever, and eczema in 12-14 year olds in the British Isles, 1995-2002: questionnaire survey. British Medical Journal (BMJ) 328 (7447) , pp. 1052-1053. 10.1136/bmj.38057.583727.47

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Abstract

The prevalence of symptoms of asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic eczema in children in the United Kingdom ranks among the highest in the world.The evidence from most repeat surveys is that prevalence has increased over the past three decades,2 but the most recent of these studies observed that from 1991 to 1998 the increase was confined to milder symptoms of asthma.3 Since the early 1990s the incidence of asthma episodes presenting to general practitioners, and of hospital admissions, has fallen substantially

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	BMJ Publishing Group
ISSN:	0959-8138
Last Modified:	04 May 2016 03:07
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/61771

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