Cockroach exposure independent of sensitization status and association with hospitalizations for asthma in inner-city children

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-109

  Rabito, Felicia A ^a   Carlson, John ^b   Holt, Elizabeth W ^a   Iqbal, Shahed ^a   James, Mark A ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CITY; COCKROACH; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DUST EXPOSURE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCKROACHES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 79551572069     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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