Associations between cat keeping, allergen exposure, allergic sensitization and atopic diseases: Results from the Children of Lübeck Allergy and Environment Study (KLAUS)

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 353-357

  Schäfer, Torsten ^a   Stieger, Björn ^a   Polzius, Rainer ^b   Krauspe, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b Architecture of Drägerwerk AG and Co KGaA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopy; Cat; Children; Epidemiology; Exposure

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ALLERGEN FEL D 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CAT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PET ANIMAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 66249102327     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2008.00806.x     Document Type: Article

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