Sensitisation to aeroallergens among asthmatic and non-asthmatic adolescents living in a poor region in the Northeast of Brazil

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 239-243

  Sarinho, E C S ^a   Mariano, J ^a   Sarinho, S W ^a   Medeiros, D ^a   Rizzo, J A ^b   Almerinda R, S ^a   Sole D ^c  

^a Departamento de Saúde Materno Infantil   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c Departamento de Pediatria   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allergens; Asthma; Cat; Dog; House dust mites; Immediate hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRAZIL; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRICK TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIZATION; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PLANT; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATS; DOGS; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; PERIPLANETA; POACEAE; POLLEN; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 70350326280     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: 15781267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aller.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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