Childhood asthma and continuous exposure to cats since the first year of life with cats allowed in the child's bedroom

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1033-1036

  Oberle, D ^a   Von Mutius, E ^b   Von Kries, Rüdiger ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Institute for Social Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cats; Children; Hay fever

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CAT; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; INFANCY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WHEEZING;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRICETINAE; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; PREVALENCE; RABBITS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 0141991218     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2003.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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