Allergen sensitivity and asthma severity at an Inner City Asthma Center

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-62

  Akerman, Michael ^a   Valentine Maher, Sarah ^a   Rao, Madu ^a   Taningco, Gladys ^a   Khan, Rizwan ^a   Tuysugoglu, Gozen ^a   Joks, Rauno ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergen sensitization; Allergy; Asthma; Inner city population

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CITY; CLADOSPORIUM; COCKROACH; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRASS; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITE; PRICK TEST; RAGWEED; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHILD; COCKROACHES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; NEW YORK CITY; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0037257856     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JAS-120017207     Document Type: Article

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