Wheeze in infancy: Protection associated with yeasts in house dust contrasts with increased risk associated with yeasts in indoor air and other fungal taxa

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1410-1418

  Behbod, B ^a   Sordillo, J E ^b   Hoffman, E B ^a,b,c   Datta, S ^b   Muilenberg, M L ^d   Scott, J A ^e   Chew, G L ^f   Platts Mills, T A E ^g   Schwartz, J ^a   Burge, H ^a   Gold, D R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f University of Toronto ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; fungi; housing; wheeze; yeast

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASTHMA; AUREOBASIDIUM; CLADOSPORIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MOULD; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIZATION; SUMMER; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; WHEEZING; WINTER; YEAST; ZYGOMYCETES;

ASTHMA; FUNGI; HOUSING; WHEEZE; YEAST;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALTERNARIA; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLUS; BLATTELLIDAE; CLADOSPORIUM; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; PENICILLIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84887451251     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12254     Document Type: Article

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