Potential role of environmental factors in the etiology and pathogenesis of atopy: A working model

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1999, Pages 485-487

  Holt, Patrick G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

(1 3) D glucan; Atopy; LPS; Molds; T helper cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GLUCAN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ATOPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MONOCYTE; PATHOGENESIS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032802660     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107s3485     Document Type: Conference Paper

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