Allergen sensitization to aeroallergens including Blomia tropicalis among adult and childhood asthamatics in Thailand

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 199-204

  Daengsuwan, Tassalapa ^a   Lee, Bee Wah ^b   Visitsuntorn, Nualanong ^a   Charoenratanakul, Suchai ^a   Ruangrak, Sirirat ^a   Jirapongsananuruk, Orathai ^a   Vichyanond, Pakit ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; OIL; POLLEN ANTIGEN; POLLEN EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; CHILD; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; SENSITIZATION; SINGAPORE; SKIN TEST; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCKROACHES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITES; PREVALENCE; SKIN TESTS; THAILAND;

EID: 2942622325     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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