A clinical study of airborne allergens in the United Arab Emirates

Allergie et Immunologie

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 263-267

  Lestringant, G G ^a   Bener, A ^a   Frossard, P M ^a   Abdulkhalik, S ^a   Bouix, G ^b  

^a TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Airborne allergens; Chenopodiaceae; Cynodon dactylon; Pollinosis; Prosopis juliflora Respiratory allergy United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FEMALE; GOOSEFOOT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLANT; POLLEN; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MICE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RATS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0032698961     PISSN: 03979148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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