The cincinnati childhood allergy and air pollution study (CCAAPS): Evaluation of atopy at age one

Abstract

Methods: CCAAPS enrollment criteria required at least one parent to have one or more positive skin prick tests (SPT) to a panel of common aeroallergens (meadow fescue, timothy, white oak, American elm, red cedar, maple mix, short ragweed, alternaria, aspergillus fumigatus, cladosporium, penicillium mix, dust mite mix, German cockroach, cat and dog). Follow up SPTs of the infants occurred at age one with the same allergen panel plus milk and egg.