Variability in childhood allergy and asthma across ethnicity, language, and residency duration in El Paso, Texas: A cross-sectional study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Svendsen, Erik R ^a   Gonzales, Melissa ^b   Ross, Mary ^c   Neas, Lucas M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEE STING; CAT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOG; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; FEATHER; FOOD ALLERGY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; LANGUAGE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MOULD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LANGUAGE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 74049109736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-8-55     Document Type: Article

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