Population-based data on asthma and allergic disease call for advanced epidemiologic methods

J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2015 Sep;136(3):656-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.06.005. Epub 2015 Jul 17.

Authors

Catarina Almqvist¹, Cecilia Lundholm²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Lung and Allergy Unit, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: catarina.almqvist@ki.se.
² Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

PMID: 26194537
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.06.005

No abstract available

Keywords: Register-based research; allergic disease; asthma incidence; children; epidemiologic analysis; medications; patient registers.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Asthma / epidemiology*
Child
Databases, Factual
Denmark / epidemiology
Humans
Population Surveillance / methods*
Sweden / epidemiology