Sensitization and allergic histories differ between black and white pregnant women

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Wegienka, Ganesa ^a   Joseph, Christine L M ^a   Havstad, Suzanne ^a   Zoratti, Edward ^a   Ownby, Dennis ^b   Johnson, Christine Cole ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

allergic rhinitis; asthma; atopy; eczema; ethnicity; IgE; Pregnancy; race

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; COCKROACH; DOG; ECZEMA; EGG; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; GRASS; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOSE ALLERGY; PHLEUM PRATENSE; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RAGWEED; RANK SUM TEST; SENSITIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84865692886     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.06.024     Document Type: Article

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