Environmental assessment and exposure reduction of cockroaches: A practice parameter

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Portnoy, Jay ^a   Chew, Ginger L ^a   Phipatanakul, Wanda ^a   Williams, P Brock ^a   Grimes, Carl ^a   Kennedy, Kevin ^a   Matsui, Elizabeth C ^a   Miller, J David ^a   Bernstein, David ^a   Blessing Moore, Joann ^a   Cox, Linda ^a   Khan, David ^a   Lang, David ^a   Nicklas, Richard ^a   Oppenheimer, John ^a   Randolph, Christopher ^a   Schuller, Diane ^a   Spector, Sheldon ^a   Tilles, Stephen A ^a   Wallace, Dana ^a   Seltzer, James ^a   Sublett, James ^a   more..

^a NONE

Author keywords

Allergy; cockroach; disease; morbidity; sensitization

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN; CHYMOSIN; HEMOCYANIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; MYOSIN; RENIN; SEED STORAGE PROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALGORITHM; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLATTA ORIENTALIS; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; COCKROACH; COLD EXPOSURE; CROSS REACTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; POPULATION MIGRATION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIZATION; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84884900972     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.04.061     Document Type: Article

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