Fungal exposure, atopy, and asthma exacerbations in Puerto Rican children

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 865-873

  Blatter, Joshua ^a   Forno, Erick ^a   Brehm, John ^a   Acosta Pérez, Edna ^b   Alvarez, María ^b   Colón Semidey, Angel ^b   Thorne, Peter S ^c   Metwali, Nervana ^c   Canino, Glorisa ^b   Celedón, Juan C ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma attacks; Children; Fungi; Puerto ricans

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CAT ALLERGEN; COCKROACH ALLERGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; DOG ALLERGEN; ENDOTOXIN; GLUCAN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; MOUSE URINARY PROTEIN ALLERGEN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DUST;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUST EXPOSURE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNGAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGEN LOAD; PUERTO RICAN; PUERTO RICO; SKIN TEST; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNGI; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85005817996     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201402-077OC     Document Type: Article

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