Source of Bet v 1 loaded inhalable particles from birch revealed

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 315-323

  Schäppi, George F ^a   Taylor, Philip E ^a   Staff, Ian A ^a   Suphioglu, Cenk ^a   Knox, R Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bet v 1; Birch pollen; Inhalable fine particles; Release mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031435972     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004970050105     Document Type: Article

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