Outdoor air pollution in urban areas and allergic respiratory diseases

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 470-474

  D'Amato, G ^a,b  

^a Division of Pneumology   (Italy)

^b CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Airway hyperresponsiveness; Allergic respiratory diseases; Bronchial asthma; Respiratory allergy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0033367816     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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