Assessment of allergen sensitization in a general population-based survey (European Community Respiratory Health Survey I)

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 797-803

  Bousquet, Philippe Jean ^a,b   Castelli, Christel ^b   Daures, Jean Pierre ^b   Heinrich, Joachim ^c   Hooper, Richard ^a   Sunyer, Jordi ^d   Wjst, Matthias ^e   Jarvis, Deborah ^a   Burney, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ECRHS; IgE; Sensitization; Skin prick test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CAT; CLADOSPORIUM; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLIVE; PARIETARIA; PHENOTYPE; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAGWEED; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 77957657337     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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