Bacterial endotoxin associated with pollen as a potential factor aggravating pollinosis

Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-59

  Śpiewak, Radosław ^a   Skórska, Czesława ^a   Prazmo, Zofia ^a   Dutkiewicz, Jacek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alder; Birch; Endotoxin; Etiopathogenesis; Gram negative bacteria; Hazel; Mugwort; Pantoea agglomerans; Pollen; Pollinosis; Rye

Indexed keywords

EID: 2842514888     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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