Combined exposure to dog and indoor pollution: Incident asthma in a high-risk birth cohort

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 324-330

  Carlsten, C ^a   Brauer, M ^a   Dimich Ward, H ^a   Dybuncio, A ^a   Becker, A B ^b   Chan Yeung, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COTININE; DOG ALLERGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URINE LEVEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COTININE; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 79953657872     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00187609     Document Type: Article

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