We and our pets: Allergic together?

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-161

  Schäfer, Torsten ^a   Merkl, Jessica ^b   Klemm, Eckart ^b   Wichmann, Heinz Erich ^c,d   Ring, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adults; Allergy; Epidemiology; Pets

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 52649161776     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: 15882705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.56.2008.2.2     Document Type: Article

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