Environmental exposure to endotoxin in rural and urban Egyptian school children and its relation to asthma and atopy

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-26

  Morcos, M M ^a   Morcos, W M ^a   Ibrahim, M A ^b   Shaheen, M A ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Asthma; Child; Dust; Endotoxins

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; URBAN AREA;

ALGORITHMS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHILD; DUST; EGYPT; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LIMULUS TEST; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SKIN TESTS; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79956318383     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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