Climate change, allergies, and asthma

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1353-1354

  Szema, Anthony M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRWAY; ALLERGY; ARTEMISIA; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DERMATITIS; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

EID: 84856428473     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/jom.0b013e318237a00d     Document Type: Letter

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