Seasonal variations in house dust mite influence the circadian peak expiratory flow amplitude

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 4 I, 1996, Pages 881-884

  Meijer, Gerda G ^b   Postma, Dirkje S ^b   Van Der Heide, Sicco ^b   De Reus, Dorothea M ^b   Koëter, Gerard H ^b   Roorda, Ruurd J ^b   Van Aalderen, Wim M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0029958137     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.154.4.8887579     Document Type: Article

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