Dose-response relationships between mouse allergen exposure and asthma morbidity among urban children and adolescents

Indoor Air

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 268-274

  Torjusen, E N ^a   Diette, G B ^a,b   Breysse, P N ^b   Curtin Brosnan, J ^a   Aloe, C ^a   Matsui, E C ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

Asthma morbidity; Childhood asthma; Exposure compartments; Indoor allergens; Inner city asthma; Mouse allergen

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HEALTH CARE;

ASTHMA MORBIDITY; CHILDHOOD ASTHMA; CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; DOSE RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; EXPOSURE COMPARTMENT; EXPOSURE DATA; INDOOR ALLERGEN; INNER-CITY ASTHMA; MOUSE ALLERGEN; SENSITISATION;

ALLERGENS;

EID: 84880290867     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12009     Document Type: Article

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