Asthma and respiratory symptoms among pupils in Malaysian schools-assocations with ethnicity and levels of endotoxin, ergosterol, fungal DNA and allergens in classroom dust

D. Norbäck, P. Markowicz, G. H. Cai, Z. Hashim, F. Ali, Y. W. Zheng, X. X. Lai, M. D. Spangfort, L. Larsson, J. H. Hashim (Uppsala, Lund, Sweden; Serdang, Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Guangzhou, China)

Source: International Congress 2014 – Environmental respiratory diseases in children, teenagers and adults
Session: Environmental respiratory diseases in children, teenagers and adults
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 4125
Disease area: Airway diseases, Paediatric lung diseases

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