The importance of environmental controls in the management of pediatric asthma

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 183-197

  Wood, R A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; PESTICIDE; TANNIN;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLEANING; CLIMATE; COCKROACH; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FREEZING; HUMAN; MOULD; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 0031933332     PISSN: 08898561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8561(05)70355-6     Document Type: Article

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