Changes in indoor allergen and fungal levels predict changes in asthma activity among young adults

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 907-913

  Matheson, Melanie ^a   Abramson, M J ^a   Dharmage, S C ^b   Forbes, A B ^a   Raven, J M ^c   Thien, F C K ^c   Walters, E H ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergens; Asthma; Atopy; Der p 1; Fel d 1; Fungi

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ERGOSTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLADOSPORIUM; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; CLADOSPORIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERGOSTEROL; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 22744452764     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2005.02272.x     Document Type: Article

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