Effect of indoor environmental factors on development of atopic symptoms in children followed up to 4 years of age

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-25

  Gustafsson, Dan ^a   Andersson, Kjell ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN; SWEDEN;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; COMMON COLD; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 1042300037     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2003.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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