Domestic animals and fungi as sources of allergy;Tiere und pilze als allergieauslöser

Therapeutische Umschau

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 297-303

  Helbling, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CAT; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FUNGUS; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ASTHMA; CATS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOGS; FUNGI; HUMANS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0040924017     PISSN: 00405930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930.58.5.297     Document Type: Article

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