Decreased FEV1% in asthmatic adults in Scottish homes with high Environmental Relative Moldiness Index values

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 902-907

  Mcsharry, C ^a   Vesper, S ^b   Wymer, L ^b   Howieson, S ^c   Chaudhuri, R ^a   Wright, G R ^a   Thomson, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ERMI; Adults; Asthma; FEV1 ; Lung function

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; ENDO 1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; ENDOTOXIN; DUST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMA CONTROL QUESTIONNAIRE SCORE; CAT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DOG; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIVE MOLDINESS INDEX; FEMALE; FLOOR DUST; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCOTSMAN; SPIROMETRY; ST GEORGE RESPIRATORY QUESTIONNAIRE SCORE; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; COMORBIDITY; FUNGUS; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNGI; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927776763     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cea.12482     Document Type: Article

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