Ragweed as an example of worldwide allergen expansion

Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 130-135

  Oswalt, Matthew L ^a   Marshall Jr , Gailen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergen expansion; Allergens; CO2; Global warming; Ozone; Ragweed

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC REACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE BREATHING; DESENSITIZATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE; RAGWEED; RAGWEED POLLEN; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 51349166636     PISSN: 17101484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7480.2008.00016     Document Type: Review

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