A pilot study to assess residential endotoxin and blood IgE in a group of pregnant women from Trujillo, Peru

Environment International

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-150

  Visser, Molly C ^a   Ownby, Dennis ^b   Aguilar Villalobos, Manuel ^c   Needham, Larry L ^d   Naeher, Luke P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Asociación del Aire Ambiental   (Peru)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing world; Endotoxin; IgE; Peru; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; TOXICITY;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENDOTOXIN; PREGNANT WOMEN;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ENDOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ANTIBODY; BLOOD; DEVELOPING WORLD; DUST; LIFESTYLE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SAMPLING BIAS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DUST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIFESTYLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERU; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

LA LIBERTAD [PERU]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; TRUJILLO [LA LIBERTAD];

EID: 33845627371     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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