COCKROACH ALLERGENS
March 1st, 2005
BY MONICA DOBIEALLERGIC reactions to cockroaches cause worse asthma attacks in children than dust mite or pet allergens according to a new study funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Institute of Allergy in the United States. Researchers found inner city children allergic to and exposed to cockroach allergen had longer periods of coughing and wheezing and more time off school than these other sources of allergies. The three-year project had set out to examine geographic differences in American exposures to allergens. ...
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