Mold allergy is a risk factor for persistent cold-like symptoms in children

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 695-700

  Huang, Shih Wen ^a   Kimbrough, James W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; AIR SAMPLING; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MOULD; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030699524     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289703601205     Document Type: Article

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