Asthma and allergic symptoms in relation to house dust endotoxin: Phase Two of the International Study on Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC II)

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1911-1920

  Gehring, U ^a   Strikwold, M ^a   Schram Bijkerk, D ^a   Weinmayr, G ^b   Genuneit, J ^b   Nagel, G ^b   Wickens, K ^c   Siebers, R ^c   Crane, J ^c   Doekes, G ^a   Di Domenicantonio, R ^d   Nilsson, L ^e   Priftanji, A ^f   Sandin, A ^g   El Sharif, N ^h   Strachan, D ⁱ   Van Hage, M ^j   Von Mutius, E ^k   Brunekreef, B ^a,l  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d Rome E Health Authority   (Italy)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTER MOTHER TERESA   (Albania)

^g UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

ⁱ ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^k LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Children; Endotoxin; House dust

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; DEMOGRAPHY; HAY FEVER; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ALBANIA; ALLERGENS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SWEDEN;

EID: 56549083568     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.03087.x     Document Type: Article

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