Alberto E Tozzi, Lucio Armenio, Roberto Bernardini, Attilio Boner, Mauro Calvani, Fabio Cardinale, Giovanni Cavagni, Arianna Dondi, Marzia Duse, Alessandro Fiocchi, Gian L Marseglia, Michele Miraglia del Giudice, Antonella Muraro, Giovanni B Pajno, Francesco Paravati, Diego Peroni, Salvatore Tripodi, Alberto G Ugazio, Luciana Indinnimeo
In Italy, according to the International Study on Asthma and Allergies in Childhood study, the prevalence of current asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, and atopic eczema in 2006 was 7.9%, 6.5%, and 10.1% among children aged 6-7 and 8.4%, 15.5%, and 7.75% among children aged 13-14 yr. University education in this field is provided by the Postgraduate Schools of Pediatrics and those of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, as well as several annual Master courses. The Italian Society of Pediatric Allergology and Immunology (SIAIP) was founded in 1996 and counts about 1000 members...
May 2011: Pediatric Allergy and Immunology