Pets - Good or bad for individuals with atopic predisposition?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 263-264

  Wahn, Ulrich ^a   Lau, Susanne ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ENDOTOXIN;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CAT; CHILDHOOD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EDITORIAL; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0043031418     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2003.1668     Document Type: Article

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