Risk factors and immunological pathways for asthma and other allergic diseases in children: Background and methodology of a longitudinal study in a large urban center in Northeastern Brazil (Salvador-SCAALA study)

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Barreto, Mauricio L ^a   Cunha, Sergio S ^a   Alcântara Neves, Neuza ^b   Carvalho, Lain P ^c   Cruz, Álvaro A ^b   Stein, Renato T ^d   Genser, Bernd ^a   Cooper, Philip J ^e   Rodrigues, Laura C ^f  

^a Instituto de Saúde Coletiva UFBa   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; FORMALDEHYDE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MEASLES VACCINE;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTH; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; PARASITE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION;

ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ECZEMA; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33748651879     PISSN: 14712466     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-6-15     Document Type: Article

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