Possible role of molds as secondary etiologic agents of the asthma epidemics in Barcelona, Spain

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 318-320

  Codina, Rosa ^a   Lockey, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MOULD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031784821     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(98)70102-2     Document Type: Article

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