Risk factors for systemic reactions to bee venom in British beekeepers

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-163

  Richter, Alex G ^a   Nightingale, Peter ^b   Huissoon, Aarnoud P ^a   Krishna, Mamidipudi T ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BEE VENOM;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BEE VENOMS; BEEKEEPING; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79551569967     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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