Exposure, to Japanese Cedar Pollen in early life and subsequent sensitization to Japanese Cedar Pollen

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 42-47

  Ozasa, Kotaro ^a   Dejima, Kenji ^a   Hama, Takemitsu ^a   Atanabe, Yoshiyuki ^a   Takenaka, Hiroshi ^b  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergy; Atopy; Epidemiology; Hay fever; Japanese cedar pollen; Month of birth; Pollinosis; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; JAPAN; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; JAPAN; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3242753751     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.10.42     Document Type: Article

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