Risks of new-onset allergic sensitization and airway inflammation after early age swimming in chlorinated pools

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-45

  Voisin, Catherine ^a   Sardella, Antonia ^a   Bernard, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allergy; Chlorine; Exhaled nitric oxide; House dust mite; IgE; Swimming pool

Indexed keywords

DERMATOPHAGOIDES; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

CHLORINE; EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NITRIC OXIDE;

ALLERGY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; FEMALE; HALOGENATION; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; NOSE MUCOSA; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RISK; SWIMMING; SWIMMING POOL;

ALLERGY; CHLORINE; EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE; HOUSE DUST MITE; IGE; SWIMMING POOL;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HALOGENATION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; NASAL MUCOSA; NITRIC OXIDE; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RISK; SWIMMING; SWIMMING POOLS;

EID: 84887618511     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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