On allergens and asthma (again): Does exposure to allergens in homes exacerbate asthma?

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 670-673

  Custovic, A ^a   Woodcock, A ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; NITRIC OXIDE;

ASTHMA; CAT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCKROACH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034852893     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2001.01092.x     Document Type: Editorial

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