Domestic endotoxin exposure and asthma in children: Epidemiological studies

Frontiers in Bioscience - Elite

Volumn 4 E, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-73

  Rennie, Donna Carole ^a,b   Lawson, Joshua Allan ^b   Senthilselvan, Ambikaipakan ^c   Willson, Philip James ^b   Dosman, James Arnold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Case control; Children; Cohort; Cross sectional; Endotoxin; Epidemiology; Lipopolysaccharide; Panel study

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; TOBACCO SMOKE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ABSENTEEISM; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; AIR SAMPLER; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CAT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COCKROACH; COUGHING; DOG; DOMESTIC EXPOSURE; DUST; DYSPNEA; ECZEMA; EGG ALLERGY; ENTEROBACTER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY SIZE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MACROPHAGE; MILK ALLERGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; WHEEZING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

ASTHMA; CHILD; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS;

EID: 84860855018     PISSN: 19450494     EISSN: 19450508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/e360     Document Type: Article

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