The relationship of alcohol consumption to total immunoglobulin E and the development of immunoglobulin E sensitization: The Copenhagen Allergy Study

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 192-198

  Linneberg, Allan ^a   Petersen, J ^a   Nielsen, N H ^b   Madsen, F ^c   Frolund L ^b   Dirksen, A ^b   Jorgensen T ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Epidemiology; Respiratory hypersensitivity; Skin prick test; Specific IgE; Total IgE

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALLERGENS; ETHANOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0037326507     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01515.x     Document Type: Article

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