A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions used to reduce exposure to house dust and their effect on the development and severity of asthma

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1691-1695

  Macdonald, Clare ^a   Sternberg, Anna ^a   Hunter, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Children; House dust mite; Meta analysis; Randomized control trial; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ASTHMA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 38749118672     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10382     Document Type: Review

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