Do Newly Built Homes Affect Rhinitis in Children? The ISAAC Phase III Study in Korea

MI Hahm, Y Chae, HJ Kwon. Allergy. 2014;69(4):479–487 The goal of this study was to identify exacerbating factors of rhinitis among Korean children. A total of 3804 Korean children, between the ages of 6 and 7 years who were included in the 2010 ISAAC (International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood), were included in this study. Children were recruited from 45 elementary schools throughout Korea and were included if they had parental completion of the ISAAC questionnaire and skin prick testing to 18 aeroallergens at the time of enrollment. Rhinitis was assessed with the question, …