Eighteen-month outcomes of house dust mite avoidance and dietary fatty acid modification in the Childhood Asthma Prevention Study (CAPS)

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 162-168

  Mihrshahi, Seema ^a   Peat, Jennifer K ^a   Marks, Guy B ^b   Mellis, Craig M ^a   Tovey, Euan R ^b   Webb, Karen ^c   Britton, Warwick J ^c   Leeder, Stephen R ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Allergen avoidance; Asthma; Atopy; Fatty acids; House dust mite; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; EMOLLIENT AGENT; FATTY ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MARGARINE; NEDOCROMIL; OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BED; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DRUG USE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INSECT CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRICK TEST; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEROID THERAPY; WHEEZING;

EID: 0037251091     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2003.36     Document Type: Article

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