House dust mite avoidance measures improve peak flow and symptoms in patients with allergy but without asthma: A possible delay in the manifestation of clinical asthma?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 313-319

  Cloosterman, S G M ^a,e   Hofland, I D ^a   Lukassen, H G M ^a   Wieringa, M H ^a   Folgering, H Th M ^b   Van Der Heide, S ^c   Brunekreef, B ^d   Van Schayck, C P ^a  

^a Department of General Practice and Social Medicine ^*  (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergen avoidance; Asthma symptoms; House dust mite; Peak flow; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030771946     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(97)70243-4     Document Type: Article

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