Challenges in epidemiologic allergy research

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1045-1049

  Pershagen, G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ATOPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030659603     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1997.tb00174.x     Document Type: Review

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