Total and specific immunoglobulin E and their relationship to respiratory symptoms in Québec children and adolescents

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 426-432

  Lévesque, Benoît ^a,b,c   Duchesne, Jean François ^a,b   Gingras, Suzanne ^a   Allard, Pierre ^d   Delvin, Edgar ^d   Aubin, Jacinthe ^e   Rhainds, Marc ^a,b,c   Lajoie, Pierre ^a,b,c   Ernst, Pierre ^f  

^a University Laval   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^e Inst de la Statistique du Quebec   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Allergens; Asthma; Atopy; Child; Respiratory illnesses; Rhinitis; Specific IgE; Total IgE

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CANADA; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COCKROACH; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOULD; PHLEUM PRATENSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAGWEED; RAGWEED POLLEN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHEEZING;

EID: 30944446398     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2005/248714     Document Type: Article

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