The role of diesel exhaust particles and their associated polyaromatic hydrocarbons in the induction of allergic airway disease

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 38, 1997, Pages 52-56

  Diaz Sanchez, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Diesel exhaust particles; IgE; Polyaromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CD40 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 4; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RAGWEED ANTIGEN;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAGWEED POLLEN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 0030938018     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1997.tb04871.x     Document Type: Article

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