Do only European cattle protect from allergies?

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1094-1096

  Braun Fahrlander C ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALLERGY; CATTLE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 0036954814     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2002.23644.x     Document Type: Editorial

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