Genetic and environmental risk factors for the development of atopy and related diseases

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-6

  Perfetti, L ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANAMNESIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; AWARENESS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEREDITY; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; THORAX DISEASE;

EID: 0141459466     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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