Current asthma in schoolchildren is related to fungal spores in classrooms

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Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 123-134

  Chen, Chi Hsien ^a   Chao, H Jasmine ^b   Chan, Chang Chuan ^a   Chen, Bing Yu ^c   Guo, Yue Leon ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR SAMPLER; ALLERGY; ASPERGILLUS; ASTHMA; BASIDIOSPORE; CHILD; CLASSROOM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNGUS SPORE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STUDY OF ASTHMA AND ALLERGIES IN CHILDHOOD QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROSCOPY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PARENT; PENICILLIUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INCIDENCE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SPORES, FUNGAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 84903825901     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-2129     Document Type: Conference Paper

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