Quality of housing and allergy to cockroaches in the dominican republic

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-72

  Barnes, Kathleen C ^a   Brenner, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Atopy; Cockroach; Housing; Skin test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COCKROACH; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSECT ALLERGY; MALE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0029655460     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237233     Document Type: Article

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