Airway allergy and skin reactivity to aeroallergens in Riyadh

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 392-396

  Almogren, Adel ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CAT; CHILD; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; FEMALE; FUNGUS SPORE; GRASS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; PRICK TEST; PROSOPIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALSOLA; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 67649172184     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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