Association of asthma with serum IgE and skin test reactivity to allergens among children living at high altitude: Tickling the dragon's breath

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 1388-1392

  Sporik, Richard ^a   Ingram, Jim Mark ^b   Price, Weyman ^b   Sussman, James H ^b   Honsinger, Richard W ^b   Platts Mills, Thomas A E ^b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029033456     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.151.5.7735590     Document Type: Article

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