Dampness and moulds in relation to respiratory and allergic symptoms in children: Results from Phase Two of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC Phase Two)

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 762-774

  Weinmayr, G ^a   Gehring, U ^b   Genuneit, J ^a   Buchele G ^a   Kleiner, A ^a   Siebers, R ^c   Wickens, K ^c   Crane, J ^c   Brunekreef, B ^b,d   Strachan, D P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Dampness; House dust mite; ISAAC; Moulds; Respiratory and allergic symptoms; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAMPNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOULD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 84879544300     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cea.12107     Document Type: Article

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