Toxocara seroprevalence in 5-year-old elementary schoolchildren: Relation with allergic asthma

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 140, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 839-847

  Buijs, Jannie ^a   Borsboom, Gerard ^b   Van Gemund, Justus J ^c   Hazebroek, Alice ^d   Van Dongen, Paul A M ^e   Van Knapen, Frans ^a   Neijens, Herman J ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Public Health Service   (Netherlands)

^d Public Health Service   (Netherlands)

^e Erasmus University ^*  (Netherlands)

^f SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child; Hypersensitivity; IgE; Prevalence; Risk factors; Toxocara

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXOCARA;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 0028061580     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117332     Document Type: Article

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