Lack of association between indoor allergen sensitization and asthma morbidity in inner-city adults

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-120

  Wisnivesky, Juan P ^a,b   Sampson, Hugh ^c   Berns, Stephen ^a   Kattan, Meyer ^c   Halm, Ethan A ^a,d  

^a Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine   (United States)

^c Department of Pediatrics ^*

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

allergy; Asthma; IgE; inner city; morbidity; sensitization

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIZATION; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34347251529     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.03.044     Document Type: Article

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