Skin test reactivity to common aeroallergens and decline of lung function: The Normative Aging Study

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 561-566

  Gottlieb, Daniel J ^b   Sparrow, David ^a   O'Connor, George T ^b   Weiss, Scott T ^b  

^a VA Medical Research Service   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; GLYCEROL; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATCH TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030034929     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.153.2.8564098     Document Type: Article

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