The Relationship Between a Specific IgE Level and Asthma Outcomes: Results from the 2005-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 501-508

  Arroyave, Whitney D ^a   Rabito, Felicia A ^b   Carlson, John C ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Asthma Morbidity; Asthma Outcomes; Cockroach; Dust mites; Hypersensitivity; Immunoglobulin E; NHANES; Rat; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALTERNARIA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASTHMA; CHILD; COCKROACH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SMOKING; WHEEZING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CAT; DOG; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; NUTRITION; RAT; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ALTERNARIA; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASPERGILLUS; ASTHMA; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCKROACHES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; RATS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883328612     PISSN: 22132198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2013.06.013     Document Type: Article

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