Pet-keeping in childhood and adult asthma and hay fever: European community respiratory health survey

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 289-300

  Svanes, Cecilie ^a,b   Heinrich, Joachim ^c   Jarvis, Deborah ^d   Chinn, Susan ^d   Omenaas, Ernst ^a   Gulsvik, Amund ^a   Künzli, Nino ^e,f   Burney, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Haraldsplass Hospital   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Birds; Cats; Dogs; ECRHS; Hay fever; Hygiene hypothesis; Sensitization; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT DISEASE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; HAY FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFLAMMATION; INTERVIEW; META ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0041662267     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2003.1596     Document Type: Article

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