Mold exposure during infancy as a predictor of potential asthma development

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-137

  Iossifova, Yulia Y ^a   Reponen, Tiina ^a   Ryan, Patrick H ^a   Levin, Linda ^a   Bernstein, David I ^a   Lockey, James E ^a   Hershey, Gurjit K Khurana ^b   Villareal, Manuel ^a   Lemasters, Grace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; GLUCAN;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MOULD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; WHEEZING;

EID: 60849136939     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60243-8     Document Type: Article

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