Aeroallergen Sensitization in Healthy Children: Racial and Socioeconomic Correlates

Allergic sensitization is prevalent even among children who do not have a personal or family history of asthma, allergic rhinitis, or atopic dermatitis and who have no evidence of current, even subtle effects from this sensitization on allergic disease-related quality of life. African-American children are at greater risk for presence of sensitization, especially to outdoor allergens.