Ascaris, atopy, and exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in rural and urban South African children

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 125, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages

  Calvert, James ^a   Burney, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascaris species; Asthma; atopy; IgE; South Africa

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNODETECTION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 73149090320     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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