Childhood environment and adult atopy: Results from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 3 II, 1999, Pages 415-420

  Svanes, Cecilie ^a,c   Jarvis, Deborah ^b   Chinn, Susan ^b   Burney, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atopy; Childhood; European Community Respiratory Health Survey; Family size

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; CATS; CHILD; CLADOSPORIUM; DOGS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MITES; NEW ZEALAND; POACEAE; POLLEN; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPORES, FUNGAL; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032978117     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(99)70465-3     Document Type: Article

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