Laboratory animal allergy

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-112

  Bush, Robert K ^a,b   Wood, Robert A ^c   Eggleston, Peyton A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CAT; DANDER; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GUINEA PIG; MASS SCREENING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RABBIT; RAT; RISK FACTOR; ROOM VENTILATION; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0031871197     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(98)70060-0     Document Type: Article

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