Cockroach allergy: Risk factor for asthma severity [1];Alergia a baratas: Fator de risco para asma de maior gravidade

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 398-399

  Camelo Nunes, Inês C ^a   Solé, Dirceu ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; COCKROACH; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECT ALLERGY; LETTER;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHILD; COCKROACHES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33749538237     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1540     Document Type: Letter

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