Factors governing susceptibility to chemical allergy

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 255-259

  Corsini, Emanuela ^a   Kimber, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Chemical reactivity; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

AGE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTACT ALLERGY; EXPOSURE; GENDER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; TISSUE INJURY; URTICARIA;

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 33846241313     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2006.09.015     Document Type: Article

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