Environmental exposure reduction in high-risk newborns: Where do we start?

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 531-538

  Schönberger, Hubert J A M ^a   Maas, Tanja ^a   Dompeling, Edward ^b   Pisters, Jacqueline ^a   Sijbrandij, Jildou ^a   Van Der Heide, Sicco ^c   Knottnerus, André J ^a   Van Weel, Chris ^d   Van Schayck, Onno P ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN;

ABSTINENCE; ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; BUILDING; CLEANING; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD ALLERGY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; MITE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN DISEASE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SANITATION;

EID: 0345731465     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61530-X     Document Type: Article

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