Will the real inner-city allergen please stand up?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 836-837

  Ownby, Dennis R ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

allergen; asthma; children; cockroach; Inner city; mouse; urban

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ENDOTOXIN; MYCOTOXIN;

AIR POLLUTANT; CITY; COCKROACH; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ALLERGEN; ASTHMA; CHILDREN; COCKROACH; INNER CITY; MOUSE; URBAN;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84884903054     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.06.046     Document Type: Editorial

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