Asthma severity and prevalence: An ongoing interaction between exposure, hygiene, and lifestyle

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 0122-0126

  Platts Mills, Thomas A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFESTYLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL HYGIENE; ANIMAL; CAT; HYGIENE; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CATS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LIFE STYLE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 15744380143     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020034     Document Type: Article

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