Socioeconomic predictors of high allergen levels in homes in the greater Boston area

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 301-307

  Kitch, Barrett T ^a,g   Chew, Ginger ^b   Burge, Harriet A ^b   Muilenberg, Michael L ^b   Weiss, Scott T ^a,c   Platts Mills, Thomas A E ^d   O'Connor, George ^e   Gold, Diane R ^a,c,f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Edward Amalie Kass Fellow Harvard M   (United States)

^g CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cat; Cockroach; Dog; Dust mite; Indoor allergens; Inner city

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COCKROACH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DOG; EDUCATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY HISTORY; HOME; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MOTHER; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034100657     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.00108301     Document Type: Article

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