Exposure to mouse allergen in U.S. homes associated with asthma symptoms

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 387-391

  Salo, Päivi M ^a   Jaramillo, Renee ^b   Cohn, Richard D ^b   London, Stephanie J ^a   Zeldin, Darryl C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Research Triangle Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Exposure; Indoor; Mouse allergen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; MOUSE ALLERGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MICE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64049095317     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11847     Document Type: Article

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