Climate change and allergic diseases

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 166-172

  Dapul Hidalgo, Gina ^a,b   Bielory, Leonard ^c,d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Rutgers University   (United States)

^d Center for Environmental Prediction   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD ALLERGY; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INSECT ALLERGY; MOULD; PHENOLOGY; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SKIN ALLERGY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; URTICARIA;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 84865500910     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2012.02.008     Document Type: Review

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