House dust mite and cockroach exposure are strong risk factors for positive allergy skin test responses in the Childhood Asthma Management Program

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 48-54

  Huss, Karen ^a   Adkinson, N Franklin ^a   Eggleston, Peyton A ^a   Dawson, Christopher ^b   Van Natta, Mark L ^b   Hamilton, Robert G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergen exposure; Allergy sensitization; Atopy; Childhood asthma; Childhood Asthma Management Program; Cockroach allergy; House dust mites; Indoor allergens; Risk factors for asthma

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COCKROACH; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0035139470     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2001.111146     Document Type: Article

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