Allergy, asthma and markers of infections among Albanian migrants to Southern Italy

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 632-636

  Ventura, M T ^a,c   Munno, G ^b   Giannoccaro, F ^b   Accettura, F ^a   Chironna, M ^c   Lama, R ^d   Hoxha, M ^d   Panetta, V ^e   Ferrigno, L ^e   Rosmini, F ^e   Matricardi, P M ^f   Barbuti, S ^c   Priftanji, A ^d   Bonini, B ^g   Tursi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b San Giacomo Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTER MOTHER TERESA   (Albania)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^f BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Albanian migrants; Allergy; Asthma; Environmental factors; IgE; Orofecal infections

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE ALLERGY; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ALBANIA; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; ITALY; LIFE STYLE; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 2942571192     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2004.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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