Allergen avoidance: Does it work?

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1071-1086

  Woodcock, Ashley ^a   Custovic, Adnan ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ASTHMA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CLINICAL TRIALS; COCKROACHES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; PREGNANCY; SPORES; TICK CONTROL;

EID: 0034445295     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0007142001903544     Document Type: Review

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