Domestic exposure to aeroallergens in Hong Kong families with asthmatic children

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 632-639

  Leung, Ting F ^a   Wong, Yun S ^a   Chan, Iris H S ^a   Yung, Edmund ^a   Sy, Hing Y ^a   Lam, Christopher W K ^a,b   Wong, Gary W K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MACAU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Macao)

Author keywords

Aeroallergen; Asthma; Exhaled nitric oxide; House dust; Lung function

Indexed keywords

EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; NITRIC OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; CAT; CHILD; COCKROACH; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; CATS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CHILD; COCKROACHES; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MITES; NITRIC OXIDE; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 79959820508     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21391     Document Type: Article

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