Complex interactions of pollutant and allergen exposures and their impact on people with asthma

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages

  Eggleston, Peyton A ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Pollutants

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FUNGUS; GAS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FUNGI; GLUCANS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; ULTRAFILTRATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 63449089989     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2233F     Document Type: Review

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