The pattern of indoor and outdoor respiratory allergens in asthmatic adult patients in a humid and desert newly developed country

European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 300-305

  Sattar, Hisham A ^a   Mobayed, Hassan ^a   Al Mohammed, Ahmed A ^a   Ibrahim, Abdulsalam S ^a   Jufairi, A Aziz ^a   Balamurugan, P ^a   Mary, V P ^a   Bener, Abdulbari ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Allergy; Indoor and outdoor allergens; Qatar; Skin Prick Tests

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COCKROACH ALLERGEN; GRASS POLLEN ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN; TREE POLLEN ALLERGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLIMATE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DESERT; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GRASS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; MOULD; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; QATAR; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA; YEAST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHILD; DESERT CLIMATE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITES; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QATAR; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SKIN TESTS; URTICARIA;

EID: 0242667523     PISSN: 03979148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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