Residential greenness is differentially associated with childhood allergic rhinitis and aeroallergen sensitization in seven birth cohorts

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1461-1471

  Fuertes, E ^a   Markevych, I ^a,b   Bowatte, G ^c   Gruzieva, O ^d   Gehring, U ^e   Becker, A ^f   Berdel, D ^g   von Berg, A ^g   Bergstrom A ^d   Brauer, M ^h   Brunekreef, B ^e   Bruske I ^a   Carlsten, C ^h   Chan Yeung, M ^h   Dharmage, S C ^c   Hoffmann, B ⁱ   Klumper C ⁱ   Koppelman, G H ^j,k   Kozyrskyj, A ^l,m   Korek, M ^d   Kull, I ^d,n   Lodge, C ^c   Lowe, A ^c   MacIntyre, E ^o   Pershagen, G ^d   Standl, M ^a   Sugiri, D ⁱ   Wijga, A ^p   Heinrich, J ^a,b   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^g MARIEN HOSPITAL WESEL   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁱ HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

ⁿ Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital   (Sweden)

^o PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^p NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

allergic rhinitis; birth cohorts; greenness; normalized difference vegetation index; sensitization

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ALLERGEN;

AEROALLERGEN SENSITIZATION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SENSITIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ALLERGENS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84965145041     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12915     Document Type: Article

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