Indoor airborne fungal spores and home characteristics in asthmatic children from Edirne region of Turkey

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 197-203

  Yazicioglu, M ^a,d   Asan, A ^b   Ones, U ^c   Vatansever, U ^a   Sen, B ^b   Ture, M ^b   Bostancioglu, M ^c   Pala, O ^c  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Trakya University ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Behavioral characteristics; Children; Indoor environment; Viable fungi

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS GROWTH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; PRICK TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 4043175494     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13064923     Document Type: Article

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