Editorial: Environmental control for secondary prevention of asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-4

  Arshad, S H ^a,b,c  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; ALLERGEN;

ASTHMA; DISEASE CONTROL; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN TEST; ANIMAL; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 72949118060     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2009.03407.x     Document Type: Editorial

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