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The allergy epidemic: what is the Australian response?
Author(s) -
Kemp Andrew S,
Mullins Raymond J,
Weiner John M
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00538.x
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , gerontology
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 21 August 2006 185 4 226-227 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2006 www.mja.com.au MJA Practice Essentials — Allergy The incidence of allergic disease in Australia is one in the world. Between 1993 and 2002, the Australi International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Child strated increases in the 12-month prevalence of r (from 9.7% to 12.7%) and eczema (from 11.1% to 17.2%), but a fall in asthma prevalence (from 27.2% to 20.0%). The reasons why asthma prevaAustralian researchers are at the forefront of allergy prevention and treatment