Differences in both prevalence and titre of specific immunoglobulin E among children with asthma in affluent and poor communities within a large town in Ghana

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1587-1594

  Stevens, W ^a   Addo Yobo, E ^b   Roper, J ^a   Woodcock, A ^c   James, H ^a   Platts Mills, T ^a   Custovic, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Asthma; Body mass index; Exercise induced bronchospasm; Specific IgE; Total IgE

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSYLGALACTOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASCARIS; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BRONCHOSPASM; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE INDUCED BRONCHOSPASM; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; WHEEZING;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASCARIS; ASTHMA; ASTHMA, EXERCISE-INDUCED; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATS; CHILD; COCKROACHES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOGS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MITES; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 80054034510     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03832.x     Document Type: Article

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