Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 11 , Pages 797-803 , November 2010

Assessment of Allergen Sensitization in a General Population-Based Survey (European Community Respiratory Health Survey I)

  • Philippe-Jean Bousquet, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College, Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health, London, UK
    • Département Biostatistique, Epidémiologie Clinique, Santé Publique et Information Médicale, GHU Carémeau, CHU Nîmes, Nîmes, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Philippe-Jean Bousquet, MD, PhD, Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health, National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College, Emmanuel Kaye Building, Manresa Road, London SW3 6LR, UK.
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  • Christel Castelli, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Département Biostatistique, Epidémiologie Clinique, Santé Publique et Information Médicale, GHU Carémeau, CHU Nîmes, Nîmes, France
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  • Jean-Pierre Daures, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Département Biostatistique, Epidémiologie Clinique, Santé Publique et Information Médicale, GHU Carémeau, CHU Nîmes, Nîmes, France
    • ,
  • Joachim Heinrich, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Helmholtz Zentrum, Munich University, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Richard Hooper, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College, Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health, London, UK
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  • Jordi Sunyer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center de Recerca en Epidemiologia Ambiental, Institut Municipal Investigacio Medica, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Matthias Wjst, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Lung Biology and Disease, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center of Environmental Health, Neuherberg/Munich, Germany
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  • Deborah Jarvis, MD

      Affiliations

    • National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College, Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health, London, UK
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  • Peter Burney, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College, Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health, London, UK

Received 2 February 2010 ,Accepted 24 May 2010.

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PII: S1047-2797(10)00126-2

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.05.012

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 11 , Pages 797-803 , November 2010

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