Ethnicity and Skin Test Reactivity to Aeroallergens among Asthmatic Children in Connecticut

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Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-92

  Celedón, Juan C ^a,d   Sredl, Diane ^a   Weiss, Scott T ^a   Pisarski, Marianne ^b   Wakefield, Dorothy ^c   Cloutier, Michelle ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Farmington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Allergen sensitization; Childhood asthma; Puerto Rican

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COCKROACH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MITE; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAGWEED; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; TREE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 1642493911     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.1.85     Document Type: Article

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