Do environmental toxicants contribute to allergy and asthma?

Alternative Medicine Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-18

  Crinnion, Walter J ^a  

^a Southwest College Naturopathic Med   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ENVIRONMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC CHEMICALS; FLUOROCARBON; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEAVY METAL; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID; SOLVENT; SULFORAPHANE; TRICLOSAN; ALLERGEN; ENDOTOXIN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; TH1 CELL; TH1 TH2 BALANCE; TH2 CELL; AIR POLLUTION; DUST; EXPOSURE; HELPER CELL; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84861521543     PISSN: 10895159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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