Racial differences in allergic sensitization: Recent findings and future directions

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 255-261

  Wegienka, Ganesa ^a   Johnson, Christine Cole ^a   Zoratti, Edward ^a   Havstad, Suzanne ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergens; Allergies; Ancestry informative marker studies; Asthma; Atopy; Race; Racial differences; Racial disparities; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLERGIC SENSITIZATION; ALLERGY; ANCESTRY INFORMATIVE MARKER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD ALLERGY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIZATION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877920846     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: 15346315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-013-0343-2     Document Type: Article

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