There are more asthmatics in homes with high cockroach infestation

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 503-510

  Sarinho, Emanuel ^a,b   Schor, D ^a   Veloso, M A ^a   Rizzo, J A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Federal de Pernambuco ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Cockroaches; Plague control; Public health

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; COCKROACH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFESTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPLANETA; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; URBAN AREA;

ARACHNIDA; BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; HEXAPODA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 2442536708     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2004000400007     Document Type: Article

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