Risk of wheezing associated with house-dust mite allergens and indoor air quality among three-year-old children. Kraków inner city study

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-126

  Jȩdrychowski, Wiesław ^a   Maugeri, Umberto ^b   Zembala, Marek ^c   Perzanowski, Mattew S ^d   Hajto, Barbara ^c   Flak, Elzbieta ^a   Mróz, Elzbieta ^a   Jacek, Ryszard ^a   Sowa, Agata ^a   Perera, Frederica P ^d  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Environmental tobacco smoke; House dust mite allergens; Maternal atopy; Moulds; Wheezing symptoms

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SMOKING; WHEEZING;

EID: 34547539747     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-007-0013-5     Document Type: Article

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