PREVALENCE OF ATOPIC ECZEMA WITH OR WITHOUT WHEEZE IN KOSOVAR ADOLESCENTS: ROLE OF GENDER, EXERCISE AND PARACETAMOL.
Luljeta Ahmetaj1*, A. Elena Martinez-Torres2*, Ylli Ahmetaj3, Valbona Gashi1, Xhevat Kurhasani4, Violeta Lokaj-Berisha1, Besa Gacaferri-Lumezi1, Mirsije Shahini5, Valbona Zhjeqi1, Luis García-Marcos6and the Global Asthma Network Phase I Kosovo Study Group7
1Institute of Physiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of ”Hasan Prishtina”, Prishtina, Kosovo.
2Paediatric Allergy and Pulmonology Units and Nurse Research Group, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Children‘s Hospital and IMIB Biomedical Research Institute, Murcia, Spain.
3AAB College. Industriale Prishtinë–Fushë Kosovë. Prishtina. Kosovo.
4UBT Higher Education Institution. Prishtina. Kosovo.
5Alergji Asthma Ylli” Polyclinic. Prishtina, Kosovo.
6Paediatric Allergy and Pulmonology Units, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Children‘s Hospital, University of Murcia and IMIB Biomedical Research Institute, Murcia, Spain.
7Members listed at the end of the paper.
*L Ahmentaj and AE Martinez-Torres should be considered joint first author.
ORCIDs : L Ahmetaj: 0000-0003-0780-0791; AE Martinez-Torres: 0000-0002-7447-3199; Y Ahmetaj: 0000-0003-1859-8146; V Gashi: 0000-0001-7665-8704; X Kurhasani: 0000-0001-6074-9740; Violeta Lokaj-Berisha: 0000-0001-9716-0243; B Gacaferri-Lumezi: 0000-0001-5276-167, M Shahini: 0000-0002-5364-7508; V Zhjeqi 0000-0001-7862-9827; Luis Garcia-Marcos: 0000-0002-0925-3851.
Running title: Epidemiology of atopic eczema in Kosovar adolescents.