Common household chemicals and the allergy risks in pre-school age children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Choi, Hyunok ^a   Schmidbauer, Norbert ^b   Sundell, Jan ^c   Hasselgren, Mikael ^d   Spengler, John ^a   Bornehag, Carl Gustaf ^e,f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Centre for Clinical Research   (Sweden)

^e KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; GLYCOL ETHER DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LIMONENE; PAINT; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FURNITURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHINITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; CALIBRATION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

CALIBRATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 78149436156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013423     Document Type: Article

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