The distribution of total and specific serum IgE in the european community respiratory health survey

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 314-322

  Burney, Peter ^a,b   Malmberg, Effie ^a   Chinn, Susan ^a   Jarvis, Deborah ^a   Luczynska, Christina ^a   Lai, Eric ^a  

^a European Community Respiratory Health Survey   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

birch; cat; Cladosporium herbarum; Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; grass; Parietaria judaica; prevalence; ragweed; Serum IgE

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CAT; CLADOSPORIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GRASS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SERUM; SKIN TEST; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0030951698     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(97)70048-4     Document Type: Article

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