Prevalence of aeroallergen sensitization and increased exhaled nitric oxide values in schoolchildren of different socioeconomic status

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 210-213

  Silva, Rui ^a   Cruz, L ^a   Vieira, T ^a   Leblanc, A ^a   Ferreira, A ^a   Fonseca, J ^a   Moreira, A ^a   Castel Branco, M G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aeroallergens; Allergy; Children; Nitric oxide; Sensitization; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; NITRIC OXIDE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGY; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDER; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLEACEAE; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ALLERGENS; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; POLLEN; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SKIN TESTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77954368570     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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