Association of specific allergen sensitization with socioeconomic factors and allergic disease in a population of Boston women

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 615-622

  Lewis, Sarah A ^b   Weiss, Scott T ^a   Platts Mills, Thomas A E ^c   Syring, Meghan ^a   Gold, Diane R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Sensitization; Socioeconomic status; Total IgE

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAGWEED; SELF REPORT; SENSITIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035035689     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2001.113523     Document Type: Article

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