Is Bjerkandera allergy affected by the arrival of yellow sand dust?

Allergology International

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 517-518

  Ogawa, Haruhiko ^a   Fujimura, Masaki ^b   Satoh, Kazuo ^c   Makimura, Koichi ^c  

^a Division of Pulmonary Medicine   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization Nanao Hospital   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

BJERKANDERA; BJERKANDERA ADUSTA; BJERKANDERA ALLERGY; CHRONIC COUGH; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LETTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MYCOSIS BY BASIDIOMYCETES; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIZATION; THROAT CULTURE; WOOD DUST; YELLOW SAND DUST;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORIOLACEAE; COUGH; DUST; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SILICON DIOXIDE; WIND;

EID: 84890076617     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.13-LE-0573     Document Type: Letter

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