Quantity and diversity of environmental microbial exposure and development of asthma: A birth cohort study

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1092-1101

  Karvonen, A M ^a   Hyvarinen A ^a   Rintala, H ^a   Korppi, M ^b   Taubel M ^a   Doekes, G ^c   Gehring, U ^c   Renz, H ^d   Pfefferle, P I ^d   Genuneit, J ^e   Keski Nisula, L ^a,f   Remes, S ^f   Lampi, J ^a,g   Von Mutius, E ^h   Pekkanen, J ^a,g  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^f KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

asthma; atopy; children; microbial exposure; respiratory tract disease

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; ENDOTOXIN; ERGOSTEROL; FOOD ALLERGEN; HYDROXY FATTY ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MURAMIC ACID; N ACETYL MURAMIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALLERGEN; DUST;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BIRTH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PENICILLIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; WHEEZING; DUST; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84904057102     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12439     Document Type: Article

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