Endotoxin levels in Estonian and Swedish house dust and atopy in infancy

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 295-300

  Böttcher, Malin F ^a,d   Bjorksten B ^a,b   Gustafson, S ^a   Voor, T ^c   Jenmalm, M C ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atopy; Childhood; Endotoxin

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BIOASSAY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTONIA; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIZATION; SWEDEN; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

BEDS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 17644428280     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01562.x     Document Type: Article

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