Associations between prenatal pesticide exposure and cough, wheeze, and IgE in early childhood

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 852-854

  Reardon, Ann Marie ^a,b   Perzanowski, Matthew S ^a,b   Whyatt, Robin M ^a,b   Chew, Ginger L ^a,b   Perera, Frederica P ^a,b   Miller, Rachel L ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c Division of Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BLA G 2 ALLERGEN; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIMPYLATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASTHMA; CAT; CHILD; COCKROACH; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DOG; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNICITY; HOME; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INFANT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MONITOR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIZATION; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOLOGY;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 70449706014     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.07.046     Document Type: Letter

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