Exposure to beta-(1,3)-d-glucan in house dust at age 7-10 is associated with airway hyperresponsiveness and atopic asthma by age 11-14

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Maheswaran, Dharini ^a   Zeng, Yiye ^b   Chan Yeung, Moira ^c   Scott, James ^d   Osornio Vargas, Alvaro ^b   Becker, Allan B ^e   Kozyrskyj, Anita L ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; BETA GLUCAN; ENDOTOXIN; BETA-1,3-D-GLUCAN; DUST;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLADOSPORIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; AGE; ANALYSIS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; TOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; BETA-GLUCANS; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84902578830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098878     Document Type: Article

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