Individual allergens as risk factors for bronchial responsiveness in young adults

Thorax

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 662-667

  Chinn, Susan ^a   Jarvis, Deborah ^a   Luczynska, Christina ^a   Burney, Peter ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergens; Bronchial hyperresponsiveness; Young adults

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ALLERGENICITY; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLADOSPORIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031871046     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.53.8.662     Document Type: Article

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