Environmental and lifestyle factors may act in concert to increase the prevalence of respiratory allergy including asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1303-1308

  Steerenberg, P A ^a   Van Amsterdam, J G C ^a   Vandebriel, R J ^a   Vos, J G ^a   Van Bree, L ^a   Van Loveren, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; LIFESTYLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; POLLUTANT; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032832370     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00658.x     Document Type: Review

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