Incidence of cockroach allergy in atopic italian children

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-171

  Peruzzi, Marta ^a   De Luca, Marco ^a   Novembre, Elio ^a   De Martino, Maurizio ^b   Vierucci, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; COCKROACH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032793545     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62631-2     Document Type: Article

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