Association between domestic water hardness, chlorine, and atopic dermatitis risk in early life: A population-based cross-sectional study

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 509-516

  Perkin, Michael R ^a   Craven, Joanna ^b   Logan, Kirsty ^b   Strachan, David ^a   Marrs, Tom ^b   Radulovic, Suzana ^b   Campbell, Linda E ^c   MacCallum, Stephanie F ^c   McLean, W H Irwin ^c   Lack, Gideon ^b   Flohr, Carsten ^b,d   Young, Louise ^e   Offord, Victoria ^e   DeSousa, Mary ^e   Cullen, Jason ^e   Taylor, Katherine ^e   Tseng, Anna ^e   Raji, Bunmi ^e   Nesbeth, Sarah ^e   Regis, Gillian ^e   Bigwood, Charlie ^e   Stedman, Charlotte ^e   Tonner, Sharon ^e   Banks, Emily ^e   Kahnum, Yasmin ^e   Babic, Rachel ^e   Stockwell, Ben ^e   Thompson, Erin ^e   Wheatley, Lorna ^e   Patkunam, Devi ^e   Richards, Kerry ^e   Pietraszewicz, Ewa ^e   Stephens, Alick ^e   Sudra, Asha ^e   Turcanu, Victor ^e   more..

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

atopic dermatitis; eczema; Filaggrin; transepidermal water loss; water hardness

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHLORINE; FILAGGRIN; WATER; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC WATER HARDNESS; FEMALE; FOREARM; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN WATER LOSS; WATER CONTENT; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY; ADULT; CHEMISTRY; COMORBIDITY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; ONSET AGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHLORINE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84969974972     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2016.03.031     Document Type: Article

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