Relevance of early or current pet ownership to the prevalence of allergic disease

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 335-338

  Platts Mills, T A E ^b   Perzanowski, M ^b   Woodfolk, J A ^b   Lundback, B ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; CAT; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MITE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; OWNERSHIP; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036226752     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2002.01352.x     Document Type: Editorial

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