Climate change and its impact on allergic rhinitis and other allergic respiratory diseases

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 188-193

  Lin, Giant C ^a   Zacharek, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

allergen; allergic rhinitis; climate change; nonallergic rhinitis; pollen; temperature

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; NASAL MUCOSA; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SECRETORY RATE; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SUBSTANCE P; TRPV CATION CHANNELS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 84862075545     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: 15316998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3283524b14     Document Type: Review

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