Exercise-induced bronchospasm and atopy in Ghana: Two surveys ten years apart

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 0355-0360

  Addo Yobo, Emmanuel O D ^a   Woodcock, Ashley ^b   Allotey, Adorkor ^a   Baffoe Bonnie, Benjamin ^a   Strachan, David ^c   Custovic, Adnan ^b  

^a KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BRONCHOSPASM; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; URBAN POPULATION; ANIMAL; CHILD; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; EXERCISE TEST; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; SKIN TEST;

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA, EXERCISE-INDUCED; CATS; CHILD; DOGS; EXERCISE TEST; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MITES; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN TESTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33847622140     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040070     Document Type: Article

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