Links between pollen, atopy and the asthma epidemic

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 162-170

  Taylor, Philip E ^a,c   Jacobson, Kraig W ^b   House, James M ^c   Glovsky, M Michael ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Allergy and Asthma Research Group   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Atopy; Pollen allergens; Pollen fragments

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FREE RADICAL; LIPID; OXIDIZING AGENT; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERE; ATOPY; BIRCH; CYTOPLASM; FLOWER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; MEDIATOR RELEASE; PARTICLE SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WEATHER; WIND;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, PLANT; ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 34548683691     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103230     Document Type: Review

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