Prevention of sensitization to house dust mite by allergen avoidance in school age children: A randomized controlled study

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 843-849

  Arshad, S H ^a   Bojarskas, J ^b   Tsitoura, S ^c   Matthews, S ^a   Mealy, B ^a   Dean, T ^a   Karmaus, W ^d   Frischer, T ^e   Kuehr, J ^f   Forster, J ^f  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^c P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; Childhood; House dust mites; Prevention; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0036285456     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2002.01378.x     Document Type: Article

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