Household mold as a predictor of asthma risk: Recent progress, limitations, and future directions

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 645-646

  Rabinovitch, Nathan ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; children; mold; remediation

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COCKROACH; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHILIA; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOULD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; WHEEZING;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGI; HUMANS; RISK;

EID: 84865684884     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.07.006     Document Type: Editorial

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