Immunoglobulin G antibodies against indoor dampness-related microbes and adult-onset asthma: A population-based incident case-control study

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 107-112

  Jaakkola, M S ^a   Laitinen, S ^a   Piipari, R ^a   Uitti, J ^b   Nordman, H ^a   Haapala, A M ^b   Jaakkola, J J K ^a,c,d  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Case control; Immunology; Moulds; Work environment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; FUNGUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOULD; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK; SAMPLING; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM; STREPTOMYCES ALBUS; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA CITRIVIRIDE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALLERGENS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ASPERGILLUS; ASTHMA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLADOSPORIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FUSARIUM; HOUSING; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SPORES, FUNGAL; STREPTOMYCES; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 0036379471     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2002.01884.x     Document Type: Article

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