Allergic rhinitis in the Middle East

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1026-1028

  Waibel, Kirk H ^a  

^a EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ACACIA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DESERT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MIDDLE EAST; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY SERVICE; MOULD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLDIER; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREE;

EID: 29144488056     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.170.12.1026     Document Type: Review

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