Domestic aeroallergen exposures among infants in an English town

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 583-589

  Atkinson, W ^a   Harris, J ^a   Mills, P ^a   Moffat, S ^a   White, C ^a   Lynch, O ^a   Jones, M ^a   Cullinan, P ^a   Taylor, A J Newman ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergen exposure; Asthma; Atopy; Der p 1; Fel d 1; Social class

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIZATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0032903090     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.99.13358599     Document Type: Article

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