Declining cell-mediated immunity and increased chronic disease burden

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 445-450

  Rafi, Asif ^a   Crawford, William ^a   Klaustermeyer, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 17444397412     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61114-3     Document Type: Article

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