Variable risk of atopic disease due to indoor fungal exposure in NHANES 2005-2006

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1566-1578

  Sharpe, R A ^a   Thornton, C R ^b   Tyrrell, J ^a   Nikolaou, V ^a   Osborne, N J ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Atopy; Damp; Eczema; Fungi; Microbiome; Odour

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; ENDOTOXIN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ECZEMA; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALTERNARIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; CHILD; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941623324     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cea.12549     Document Type: Article

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