Independent effects of intestinal parasite infection and domestic allergen exposure on risk of wheeze in Ethiopia: A nested case-control study

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Volumn 358, Issue 9292, 2001, Pages 1493-1499

  Scrivener, Sarah ^a   Yemaneberhan, Haile ^b   Zebenigus, Mehila ^b   Tilahun, Daniel ^b   Girma, Samuel ^b   Ali, Seid ^b   McElroy, Paul ^a   Custovic, Adnan ^c   Woodcock, Ashley ^c   Pritchard, David ^a   Venn, Andrea ^a   Britton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ETHIOPIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RURAL AREA; SKIN SENSITIZATION; WHEEZING;

EID: 0035802684     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(01)06579-5     Document Type: Article

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