Air pollution and allergy

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-10

  Takafuji, S ^a,b   Nakagawa, T ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Toyoko Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Allergy; Diesel exhaust particulates; IgE; Suspended particulate matter; Th2 type cytokine

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TH2 CELL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; GASOLINE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; JAPAN; MICE; TH2 CELLS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 0034027230     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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