Is allergen exposure the major primary cause of asthma?

Thorax

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 424-431

  Pearce, Neil ^a   Douwes, Jeroen ^a   Beasley, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allergen; Asthma; Atopy; Childhood exposure

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; CHILD; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MITES;

EID: 0034099788     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.55.5.424     Document Type: Review

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