Oilseed rape - Allergen or irritant?

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 308-309

  Galloway, D ^a  

^a NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; RAPESEED OIL; TERPENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CROSS REACTION; EDITORIAL; FUNGUS; GRASS POLLEN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034067275     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2000.00844.x     Document Type: Editorial

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