BACKGROUND Eczema, allergic rhinitis and asthma are common chronic allergic disorders in childhood. AIM The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of common allergic disorders among Iranian guidance schools students in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran. METHODS This analytical cross-sectional study was performed on 3000 children aged 11-14 years old during 2012-13 according to I...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Over the past few decades, the prevalence of asthma has been increasing in the industrialised world. Despite the suggestion of a similar increase in Singapore, the 12 month prevalence of wheeze among schoolchildren in 1994 was 2.5-fold less than that reported in western populations. It was hypothesised that with increasing affluence in Singapore, the asthma prevalence would ...

severity. Methods: It was carried out an observational study of the correlations between clinical indicators of severity and a questionnaire on quality of life: IDQOL. The study also included scoring of eczema severity – ISAAC. One hundred seventeen children with AD, fulfilling established diagnostic criteria, and 396 children with no dermatologic diseases were investigated for the effect of ec...

OBJECTIVE We sought to assess changes in the prevalence of asthma and other allergic diseases in schoolchildren of Curitiba between 1995 and 2001. METHODS Schoolchildren (aged 13-14) were evaluated by a self-reported written questionnaire of ISAAC protocol for symptoms of asthma and allergic diseases. The diagnoses of asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and atopic eczema were considered according to ...

severity. Methods: It was carried out an observational study of the correlations between clinical indicators of severity and a questionnaire on quality of life: IDQOL. The study also included scoring of eczema severity – ISAAC. One hundred seventeen children with AD, fulfilling established diagnostic criteria, and 396 children with no dermatologic diseases were investigated for the effect of ec...

INTRODUCTION Atopic dermatitis is a common and increasingly prevalent disorder. The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) made a major contribution to the understanding of its epidemiology. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and severity of atopic dermatitis in a representative sample of 6 to 7-year-old and 13 to 14-year-old children fro...

We examined potential associations of ever asthma, and symptoms of wheeze (past 12 months), hay fever, eczema and bronchitis (cough with phlegm) among school children exposed to second-hand smoke (SHS) in cars, using a modified Irish International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) protocol. 2,809 children of 13-14 yrs old and who selected randomly from post-primary schools thro...

Background—An ecological analysis was conducted of the relationship between tuberculosis notification rates and the prevalence of symptoms of asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, and atopic eczema in 85 centres from 23 countries in which standardised data are available. These essentially comprised countries in Europe as well as the USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Methods—Tuberculosis ...

The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) was designed to allow comparisons between populations in different countries. ISAAC Phase One, reported here, used standardized simple surveys which were conducted among representative samples of school children from centres in most regions of the world. Two age groups (13-14 and 6-7 yrs) with approximately 3,000 children in e...

The results of the FORS and ISAAC Science Verification of the FORS and ISAAC instruments at the VLT ANTU/UT1 are described. The following observations have been carried out: 1) the Cluster Deep Field MS1008.1-1224 2) the Antlia dwarf spheroidal Galaxy 3) multiple Object Spectroscopy of Lyman break galaxies in the AXAF and Hubble Deep Field South 4) ISAAC IR Spectroscopy of a gravitationally mag...