Bioaerosols and the scientific method

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-219

  Burge, Harriet A ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN;

AEROSOL; ALLERGY; ARTHRALGIA; ASTHMA; BIOAEROSOL; BLEEDING; BUILDING; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOCUMENTATION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOULD; MYCOTOXICOSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCIENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKING; STACHYBOTRYS; TOBACCO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141545066     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63520-X     Document Type: Editorial

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