Soybean aeroallergen around the port of New Orleans: A potential cause of asthma

Aerobiologia

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 173-176

  Li, James T ^a   Swanson, Mark C ^a   Rando, Roy J ^b,c   Wentz Murtha, Patricia ^a   Ovsyannikova, Inna G ^b,c   Morell, Ferran ^d   Lopez, Manuel ^b,c   Reed, Charles E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aeroallergen; Air sampling; Immunochemical assay; Soybean asthma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343578758     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02447409     Document Type: Article

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