(1→3)-β-D-glucan and endotoxin in house dust and peak flow variability in children

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 4 I, 2000, Pages 1348-1354

  Douwes, J ^a   Zuidhof, A ^a   Doekes, G ^a   Van der Zee, S ^a   Wouters, I ^a   Boezen, H M ^a   Brunekreef, B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; ENDOTOXIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; BETA GLUCAN; BETA-1,3-GLUCAN; GLUCAN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF MONITORING; ASTHMA; DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; BETA-GLUCANS; CHILD; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; GLUCANS; HUMANS; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034292862     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.4.9909118     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. The British Museum reading room
2. Damp housing and childhood asthma: Validation of reporting symptoms
3. Respiratory symptoms in damp homes: A pilot study
4. Home dampness and respiratory morbidity in children
5. Damp housing and childhood asthma: Respiratory effects of indoor air temperature and relative humidity
6. Quantification of airborne molds in the homes of children with and without wheeze
7. Respiratory health effects of home dampness and molds among Canadian children
8. Home dampness and molds as determinants of respiratory symptoms and asthma in pre-school children
9. Damp housing and childhood respiratory symptoms. The role of sensitization to dust mites and molds
10. Home dampness and respiratory health status in European children
11. Health risk assessment of fungi in home environments
12. Effects of damp and mould in the home on respiratory health: A review of the literature
13. Fungal extracellular polysaccharides in house dust as a marker for exposure to fungi. Relations with culturable fungi, reported home dampness and respiratory symptoms
14. Investigations of the relationship between disease and airborne (1→3)-β-D-glucan in buildings
15. Airways inflammation and glucan in damp rowhouses
16. Airways inflammation and glucan exposure among household waste collectors
17. Asthmatic symptoms and indoor levels of micro-organisms and house dust mites
18. Domestic endotoxin exposure and clinical severity of asthma
19. Severity of asthma is related to endotoxin in house dust
20. Endotoxin exposure and symptoms in asthmatic children
21. Biochemistry and cell biology of endotoxins
22. Inhaled endotoxin and decreased spirometric values
23. Dust and endotoxin-related respiratory effects in the animal feed industry
24. House dust mite allergen in bedroom floor dust and respiratory health of children with asthmatic symptoms
25. Association between Der p1 concentration and peak expiratory flow rate in children with wheeze: A longitudinal analysis
26. Effect of short-term changes in urban air pollution on the respiratory health of children with chronic respiratory symptoms. The PEACE project: Introduction
27. Influence of various dust sampling and extraction methods on the measurement of airborne endotoxin
28. Measurement of β(1→3)-glucans in the occupational and home environment with an inhibition enzyme immunoassay
29. Mite antigen in house dust: Relationship with different housing characteristics in The Netherlands
30. The normal range of diurnal changes in peak expiratory flow rates
31. Pulmonary inflammation induced by repeated inhalations of β(1→3)-D-glucan and endotoxin
32. Environmental endotoxin measurement: Interference and sources of variation in the limulus assay of house dust
33. House dust mite allergen (Der p1) and respiratory symptoms in children: A case-control study
34. The control of allergens of dust mites and domestic pets: A position paper