Allergy and immunology in young children of Japan: The JECS cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Capturing epidemiological signatures is essential to document burdens of disease and to design health care services, including prevention measures, clinical interventions, and policies. There are large geographical and ethnic variations in the epidemiology of allergic and immunological diseases. Various data are available from North America and Europe, but the epidemiology of allergic and immunological diseases in Asia is not well documented.

Objective

To characterize epidemiological signatures of allergic and immunological disease in young children in Japan.

Methods

This was a national, multicenter, prospective birth cohort study: Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS). A general population of 103,060 women was enrolled during pregnancy. Allergic an

SUBMITTER: Yamamoto-Hanada K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7652713 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature