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Pediatr Allergy Ritonavir Immunol 2011; 22: e107�Ce111. The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) has produced a reliable global map of childhood allergies through the use of a validated standardized questionnaire. Phase 1 of the study was carried out in the Maltese Islands in 1995 and repeated in 2002 in phase 3. To investigate the trends in prevalence and severity of childhood allergies in Maltese schoolchildren, in this article, we compare the data obtained from 4184 children, 13- to 15-yr-olds (88.7% response rate) in phase 1, to that of phase 3 when 4139 (90% response rate) children participated. The cumulative (27.9% vs. 27.4%: p?=?0.6) and current (16% vs. 14.6% p?=?0.08) prevalence rates of wheezing remained quite static but wheezers were more likely to be diagnosed with asthma in 2002 (11.1% vs. 14.1% p?Dabrafenib Along the 7?yrs, these asthmatics were better controlled with less wheezing attacks (p?check details These results indicate that asthma prevalence has reached a plateau between 1995 and 2002 while rhinitis and eczema are less common. All these allergic conditions are better controlled and more likely to be diagnosed in these schoolchildren by Maltese doctors in 2002 than in 1995. ""Miller RL, Garfinkel R, Lendor C, Hoepner L, Li Z, Romanoff L, Sjodin A, Needham L, Perera FP, Whyatt RM. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolite levels and pediatric allergy and asthma in an inner-city cohort. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2010: 21: 260�C267. ? 2009 John Wiley & Sons A/S Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) has been associated with allergic sensitization and asthma. We hypothesized that increased urinary PAH metabolites are associated with allergy or asthma among children age 5?yrs in an inner-city birth cohort. As part of an ongoing prospective birth cohort under the auspices of the Columbia Center for Children��s Environmental Health (CCCEH), urine was collected from 5-yr-old children (n?=?222) of Dominican American and African American mothers in Northern Manhattan and South Bronx of New York City.