High environmental relative moldiness index during infancy as a predictor of asthma at 7 years of age.

Abstract

Early exposure to molds as measured by ERMI at 1 year of age, but not 7 years of age, significantly increased the risk for asthma at 7 years of age.

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Subjects

• Age of Onset
• Asthma
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• DNA, Fungal
• Environmental Exposure
• Follow-Up Studies
• Fungi
• Humans
• Infant
• Medical History Taking
• Prognosis
• Questionnaires
• Risk
• Spirometry

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Authors

• Tiina Reponen
• Stephen Vesper
• Linda Levin
• Elisabet Johansson
• Patrick Ryan
• Jeffery Burkle
• Sergey A Grinshpun
• Shu Zheng
• David I Bernstein
• James Lockey
• Manuel Villareal
• Gurjit K Khurana Hershey
• Grace LeMasters

Publication date

2011-08-01

Journal

Journal topics

• Asthma
• Hypersensitivity
• Immunity

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology

Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0056, USA. Tiina.Reponen [at] uc.edu

Release reference

Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2011 Aug;107(2):120-6

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