Possible explanation for the different trends of asthma and allergy in east and west Germany

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 621-623

  Wichmann, H E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LIFESTYLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ASTHMA; GERMANY, EAST; GERMANY, WEST; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE;

EID: 0030009883     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00587.x     Document Type: Review

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