The role of allergy and atopy in asthma

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-34

  Platts Mills, Thomas A E ^a   Wheatley, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; OZONE;

ABSENTEEISM; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ASTHMA; CAT; COCKROACH; DOG; HEALTH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MITE; REVIEW; RHINOVIRUS; RISK FACTOR;

ABSENTEEISM; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; CATS; COCKROACHES; DOGS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNIZATION; MITES; OZONE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RHINOVIRUS; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0029677951     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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