Comparative degree and type of sensitization to common indoor and outdoor allergens in subjects with allergic rhinitis and/or asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 52-59

  Boulet, L P ^a   Turcotte, H ^b   Laprise, C ^b   Lavertu, C ^b   Bedard P M ^b   Lavoie, A ^b   Hebert J ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Indoor and outdoor allergens; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AGE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDER; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; ALTERNARIA; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITES; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC; RHINITIS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0031027685     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1997.tb00672.x     Document Type: Article

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