Exposure to house dust phthalates in relation to asthma and allergies in both children and adults

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 485-486, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 153-163

  Ait Bamai, Yu ^a   Shibata, Eiji ^b   Saito, Ikue ^c   Araki, Atsuko ^d   Kanazawa, Ayako ^d   Morimoto, Kanehisa ^e   Nakayama, Kunio ^e   Tanaka, Masatoshi ^f   Takigawa, Tomoko ^g   Yoshimura, Takesumi ^h   Chikara, Hisao ^h   Saijo, Yasuaki ⁱ   Kishi, Reiko ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

ⁱ ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergic conjunctivitis; Atopic dermatitis; Bronchial asthma; Children; House dust; Phthalates

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIES; DISEASES; DUST; FLOORS;

ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BRONCHIAL ASTHMA; CHILDREN; HOUSE DUST; PHTHALATES;

ESTERS;

DI 2 ETHYLHEXYL ADIPATE; DI ISO BUTYL PHTHALATE; DI ISO NONYL PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DUST; HEALTH IMPACT; METABOLISM; PHTHALATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLOOR DUST; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTI SURFACE DUST; PASSIVE SMOKING; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION RISK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BRONCHIAL ASTHMA; CHILDREN; HOUSE DUST; PHTHALATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897552564     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.059     Document Type: Article

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