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9757770

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-12-1
pubmed:abstractText
This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of several allergic diseases among elementary school children in Saga prefecture. A questionnaire was distributed to the parents of 2,795 children in 12 elementary schools located in urban, seaside and mountainous areas. The response rate was 92.8%. The prevalence rate of allergic diseases among school children was 24.6% (24.5% for boys and 21.5% for girls). The common types of allergic diseases among boys were allergic rhinitis (11.3%), atopic dermatitis (9.7%), and bronchial asthma (5.7%), and those among girls were atopic dermatitis (9.7%); allergic rhinitis (6.5%), and bronchial asthma (3.7%). Analysis by residential area of the children, showed that the prevalence rate of allergic diseases in total was increased in the order of mountainous (20.8%), seaside (24.1%) and urban area (28.7%). The most common type of allergic diseases was atopic dermatitis in urban and mountainous area, while allergic rhinitis was most common in seaside area.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0546-1766
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
625-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
[A survey of allergic diseases among elementary school children in Saga Prefecture. The first report. Prevalence and past history].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Regional and Family Life, Faculty of Culture and Education, Saga University.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract