Environmental tobacco smoke, indoor allergens, and childhood asthma

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2000, Pages 643-651

  Gold, D R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Cat; Children; Cockroach; Dust mine; Environmental tobacco smoke; Indoor allergens

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CAT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MITE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACARI; BLATTARIA; BRONCHUS; FELIS CATUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0033828465     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.00108s4643     Document Type: Article

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