Increased sensitization prevalence to common inhalant and food allergens in young adult Polish males

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-27

  Bant, Andrzej ^a   Kruszewski, Jerzy ^a  

^a MILITARY INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atopic diseases; Atopy; Sensitization prevalence

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ATOPY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOULD; NORMAL HUMAN; POLAND; PRICK TEST; RURAL POPULATION; RYE; SENSITIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; BLOOD DONORS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; POLAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY;

PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 46349101952     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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