Childhood asthma and indoor allergens in Native Americans in New York

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Surdu, Simona ^a   Montoya, Lupita D ^b   Tarbell, Alice ^c   Carpenter, David O ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; CAT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MITE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; NEW YORK; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RISK FACTORS;

ACARI; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33747724078     PISSN: 1476069X     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-5-22     Document Type: Article

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