Higher serum folate levels are associated with a lower risk of atopy and wheeze

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Matsui, Elizabeth C ^a   Matsui, William ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

allergy; Asthma; atopy; Centers for Disease Control; folate; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FOLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CAT; CHILD; COCKROACH; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; AGED; BLOOD; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649224002     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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