Environmental risk factors (outdoor air pollution and climatic changes) and increased trend of respiratory allergy

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 123-128

  D'Amato, G ^a,b   Liccardi, G ^a   D'Amato, M ^a  

^a Division of Pneumology   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Allergic asthma; Allergy; Bronchial asthma; Environmental diseases; Pollen allergy; Respiratory allergy; Urban air pollution

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; KEROSENE; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CLIMATE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOGENESIS; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINUSITIS; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGENS; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLANTS; POLLEN; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033949927     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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