The association of pet keeping at home with symptoms in airways, nose and skin among Bulgarian children

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 702-708

  Naydenov, Kiril ^a   Popov, Todor ^b   Mustakov, Tihomir ^b   Melikov, Arsen ^c   Bornehag, Carl Gustaf ^c,d,e   Sundell, Jan ^f  

^a ALECTIA A S   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Bulgaria; Children; Pet keeping

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BULGARIA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PET ANIMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BULGARIA; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; NOSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SKIN;

EID: 56649097464     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2008.00721.x     Document Type: Article

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