Bacteria and mould components in house dust and children's allergic sensitisation

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1144-1153

  Gehring, U ^a,g   Heinrich, J ^g   Hoek, G ^a   Giovannangelo, M ^a   Nordling, E ^i,j   Bellander, T ^i,j   Gerritsen, J ^c   de jongste, J C ^d,e   Smit, H A ^f   Wichman, H E ^g,h   Wickman, M ^i,j   Brunekreef, B ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^g GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^j Dept of Occupational and Environmental Health   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Allergy; Endotoxin; House dust; Moulds; Sensitisation

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; ENDOTOXIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; NETHERLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BETA-GLUCANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE;

EID: 34250196139     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00118806     Document Type: Article

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