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Risk of asthma in the general Spanish population attributable to specific immunoresponse. Spanish Group of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey
Author(s) -
Joan B. Soriano,
Josep M. Antó,
Jordi Sunyer,
Aurelio Tobı́as,
Manolis Kogevinas,
E. Almar,
Nerea Muniozguren,
José Luis SánchezRamos,
L. Palenciano,
Peter Burney
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/28.4.728
Subject(s) - atopy , medicine , asthma , aeroallergen , immunology , population , risk factor , methacholine , allergy , ragweed , allergen , respiratory disease , environmental health , lung
Individuals with asthma are more atopic than the general population, but few reports have quantified this association, i.e. the proportion of asthma in the community due to specific immunoresponse. We aimed to determine the population attributable risk of asthma in the community due to atopy, and the quantity and quality of specific immunoresponses to common aeroallergens involved.

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