Indoor environment, atopy and the risk of asthma in children in New Zealand

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 199-208

  Wickens, Kristin ^a   Pearce, Neil ^a   Siebers, Robert ^a   Ellis, Ian ^a   Patchett, Kathryn ^a   Sawyer, Gillian ^a   Stone, Louise ^a   Tohill, Sarah ^a   Kennedy, Jo ^a   Slater, Tania ^a   Lewis, Simon ^a   Fitzharris, Penny ^a   Crane, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Atopy; Bedding; Carpet; Case control; Damp; Der p 1; Fel d 1; Indoor environment; Pets

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BED; BUILDING; CAT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SHEEP; WHEEZING; ASTHMA; CHILD; DAMP; DUST; ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PET ANIMAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SETTLE DUST; SKIN PRICK TEST; SKIN TEST; VACUUM DUST;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATS; CHILD; DUST; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MITES; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032699877     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3038.1999.00033.x     Document Type: Article

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