Specific sensitization to common allergens and pulmonary function in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1713-1719

  Jaén, Angeles ^a   Sunyer, J ^a   Basagana X ^a   Chinn, S ^b   Zock, J P ^d   Anto J M ^a,c   Burney, P ^b  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Airflow obstruction; Allergens; Asthma; ECRHS; Lung function; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAT; CLADOSPORIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRASS POLLEN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; ASTHMA; BLOOD; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INHALATION TEST; MITE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CATS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MITES; POLLEN; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0036458473     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2002.01539.x     Document Type: Article

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