The relationships among environmental allergen sensitization, allergen exposure, pulmonary function, and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in the childhood asthma management program

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 775-785

  Nelson, Harold S ^a   Szefler, Stanley J ^a   Jacobs, Jeffrey ^a   Huss, Karen ^b   Shapiro, Gail ^d   Sternberg, Alice L ^c  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Northwest Asthma & Allergy Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergens; Bronchial hyperresponsiveness; Childhood Asthma Management Program; Environmental allergen sensitization; Pulmonary function; Skin tests

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0033508416     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(99)70287-3     Document Type: Article

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