Skin test reactivity to aeroallergens in Jamaicans: Relationship to asthma

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 142-147

  Knight Madden, Jennifer ^a   Forrester, T E ^a   Hambleton, I R ^a   Lewis, N ^a   Greenough, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

EID: 33749629431     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442006000300003     Document Type: Article

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