Effect of urbanisation on the relationship between total serum IgE and asthma

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1074-1081

  Checkley, William ^a,b,e   Robinson, Colin L ^a   Baumann, Lauren M ^a   Romero, Karina ^f   Combe, Juan M ^f   Gilman, Robert H ^b,e,f   Wise, Robert A ^a   Hamilton, Robert G ^a   Gonzalvez, Guillermo ^g   Cama, Vitaliano ^c   Hansel, Nadia N ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CRONICAS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN CHRONIC DISEASES   (Peru)

^f ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^g UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Asthma clinical basic investigations; Atopic asthma; Epidemiology of asthma

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERU; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TEST; SPIROMETRY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ASTHMA CLINICAL/BASIC INVESTIGATIONS; ATOPIC ASTHMA; EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ASTHMA;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; ODDS RATIO; PERU; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; SOCIAL CLASS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84877096964     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00025512     Document Type: Article

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