Why is allergy increasing? - Environmental factors

Clinical and Experimental Allergy, Supplement

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 8-14

  Davies, R J ^a   Rusznak, C ^a   Devalia, J L ^a  

^a LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Environment; Epidemiology; House dust mites; Hyperresponsiveness; Pollution; Prevalence; Pro inflammatory mediators

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; ALLERGEN; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; NITRIC OXIDE; STEROID;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RHINITIS;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; JAPAN; MITES; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0032410638     PISSN: 09602178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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