National prevalence and exposure risk for cockroach allergen in U.S. households

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 522-526

  Cohn, Richard D ^a   Arbes Jr , Samuel J ^b   Jaramillo, Renee ^a   Reid, Laura H ^a   Zeldin, Darryl C ^b  

^a Research Triangle Institute   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergens; Asthma; Bla g 1; Cockroach allergen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BUILDING; COCKROACH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; KITCHEN; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; COCKROACHES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

BLATTARIA;

EID: 33645635121     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8561     Document Type: Article

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