Sensitisation to aeroallergens in Brazilian adolescents living at the periphery of large subtropical urban centres

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-16

  Pastorino, Antonio Carlos ^a,e   Kuschnir, F C ^b   Arruda, L K P ^a   Casagrande, R R D ^a   De Souza, R G L ^a   Dias, G A C ^a   Silveira, H H N ^a   Da Cunha, A J L A ^b,c   Jacob, C M A ^a   Sole D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Health in School Program   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Escola Paulista de Medicina ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Asthma; Atopy; Rhinitis; Risk factor; Skin prick test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERIPLANETA; PRICK TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 39049129223     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: 15781267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13115665     Document Type: Article

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