Allergy: When does it begin and where will it end?

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 864-867

  Prescott, Susan L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; EDITORIAL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN PERIOD; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLERGENS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 0041324650     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2003.00231.x     Document Type: Editorial

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