Inner City Asthma Study: Relationships among sensitivity, allergen exposure, and asthma morbidity

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 478-485

  Gruchalla, Rebecca S ^a   Pongracic, Jacqueline ^b   Plaut, Marshall ^c   Evans III, Richard ^b   Visness, Cynthia M ^d   Walter, Michelle ^d   Crain, Ellen F ^e   Kattan, Meyer ^f   Morgan, Wayne J ^g   Steinbach, Suzanne ^h   Stout, James ⁱ   Malindzak, George ^j   Smartt, Ernestine ^c   Mitchell, Herman ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d RHO INC   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

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Author keywords

Allergen exposure; Allergen sensitivity; Allergens; Asthma; Cat; Cockroach; Dog; Dust mite; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CITY; COCKROACH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; MORBIDITY; MOULD; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SKIN TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20044386127     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2004.12.006     Document Type: Article

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