Exposure and allergic sensitization to cockroach allergen in east Germany

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 529-537

  Hirsch, T ^d   Stappenbeck, C ^e   Neumeister, V ^a   Weiland, S K ^b   Von Mutius, E ^c   Keil, U ^b   Leupold, W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Allergic sensitization; Asthma; Atopy; Bla g 2; Cockroach; Indoor allergens

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCKROACH; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; FEMALE; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WHEEZING;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCKROACHES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0034013439     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2000.00785.x     Document Type: Article

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