Indoor allergens: Thrill of victory or agony of defeat?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 290-292

  Wood, R A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY; AMBIENT AIR; ASTHMA; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030869034     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(97)70239-2     Document Type: Editorial

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