Asthma and allergy - Disorders of civilization?

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 171-184

  Holgate, S T ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIACYLGLYCEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C; TRIPHOSPHOINOSITIDE;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; MEDIATOR; NOMENCLATURE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031929472     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/91.3.171     Document Type: Review

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