Pollen allergy in South Africa

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1347-1354

  Potter, P C ^a,c   Cadman, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

HUMAN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; VEGETATION;

ALLERGENS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; HUMANS; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030460176     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00535.x     Document Type: Review

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