The effect of environmental tobacco smoke on eczema and allergic sensitization in children

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 111-118

  Kramer U ^a,b   Lemmen, C H ^b   Behrendt, H ^b   Link, E ^a   Schafer T ^c   Gostomzyk, J ^d   Scherer, G ^e   Ring, J ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d Public Health Department   (Germany)

^e Analyt Biol Research Laboratory   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eczema; Parental atopy; Predisposition; Respiratory allergies; Sensitization; Tobacco smoke

Indexed keywords

COTININE; CREATINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SMOKING; URINALYSIS; WHEEZING;

CHILD; COTININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SKIN TESTS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 1242320225     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.05710.x     Document Type: Article

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