Rodent allergens

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 412-416

  Phipatanakul, Wanda ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergen Level; Allergy Clin Immunol; Animal Allergen; Laboratory Animal Facility; Mouse Allergen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ANIMAL; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; REVIEW; RODENT;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036716146     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: 15346315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-002-0075-1     Document Type: Article

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