Allergic symptoms, atopy, and geohelminth infections in a rural area of Ecuador

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 313-317

  Cooper, Philip J ^a   Chico, Martha E ^b   Bland, Martin ^b   Griffin, George E ^b   Nutman, Thomas B ^b  

^a SALUDESA   (Ecuador)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Allergy; Atopy; Geohelminths; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ATOPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN TEST; TRICHURIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN TESTS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0042490660     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200211-1320OC     Document Type: Article

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