Age-specific prevalence of outdoor and indoor aeroallergen sensitization in boston

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 579-585

  Sheehan, William J ^a,b   Rangsithienchai, Pitud A ^a,c   Baxi, Sachin N ^a,b   Gardynski, Andrea ^a   Bharmanee, Apinya ^a,d   Israel, Elliot ^b,e   Phipatanakul, Wanda ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Atopy; Children; Skin prick test

Indexed keywords

AEROALLERGEN; ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CAT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BOSTON; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MITES; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TESTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77952989818     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922809354326     Document Type: Article

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