Mouse allergen exposure and mouse skin test sensitivity in suburban, middle-class children with asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 910-915

  Matsui, Elizabeth C ^a,c   Wood, Robert A ^a   Rand, Cynthia ^a   Kanchanaraksa, Sukon ^b   Swartz, Lee ^a   Eggleston, Peyton A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Indoor allergen exposure; Mouse allergen; Mouse allergy; Pediatric asthma

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BED; CHILD; CITY; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MOTHER; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK; SAMPLE; SENSITIZATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SKIN TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342617435     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2004.02.034     Document Type: Article

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