Dog ownership and contact during childhood and later allergy development

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 963-973

  Chen, C M ^a,b   Morgenstern, V ^b   Bischof, W ^e   Herbarth, O ^f   Borte, M ^g,h   Behrendt, H ^c   Kramer U ⁱ   Von Berg, A ^j   Berdel, D ^j   Bauer, C P ^c   Koletzko, S ^d   Wichmann, H E ^b,c   Heinrich, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^f HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^g Klinikum St Georg   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

ⁱ Particle Research Core   (Germany)

^j Hospital Wesel   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Allergy; Cohort study; Dog ownership; Endotoxin; Sensitisation

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOG; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PET ANIMAL; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIZATION; ANIMAL; DUST; FOLLOW UP; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; NEWBORN; POLLEN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLLEN;

EID: 46249100707     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00092807     Document Type: Article

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