Serum house dust mite antibodies: Predictor of increased bronchial responsiveness in adults of a community

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 919-925

  Omenaas, E ^a   Bakke, P ^a   Eide, G E ^a   Elsayed, S ^a   Gulsvik, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Allergy; bronchial responsiveness; environment; house dust mite; population survey; specific serum immunoglobulin E

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0029894109     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09050919     Document Type: Article

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