Environmental control of allergic diseases

American Family Physician

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  German, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Harper, Michael B ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; COCKROACHES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGI; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MITES; POLLEN;

EID: 0036683077     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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