The use of synthetic bedding in children. Do strategies of change influence associations with asthma?

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 203-206

  Behrens, Thomas ^a,d   Maziak, Wasim ^a,b   Weiland, Stephan K ^c   Siebert, Edith ^a   Rzehak, Peter ^c   Keil, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b SYRIAN CENTER FOR TOBACCO STUDIES   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergen avoidance; Asthma; Bedding; Cross sectional; ISAAC

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BED; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEATHER; FEMALE; FOAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIAL STATE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNTHETIC FIBER; WOOL;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 20144385396     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JAS-200054637     Document Type: Article

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