Grass pollen allergens globally: The contribution of subtropical grasses to burden of allergic respiratory diseases

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 790-801

  Davies, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAT PROTEIN; GRASS POLLEN EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN; ALLERGEN;

AFRICA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ASIA; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BARLEY; CROSS REACTION; CYNODON DACTYLON; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; ERAGROSTIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASS POLLEN; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INDIA; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PASPALUM DILATATUM; PASPALUM NOTATUM; PEARL MILLET; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POA PRATENSIS; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; REVIEW; RYE; SORGHUM; SORGHUM HALEPENSE; SUGARCANE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; HEALTH; IMMUNOLOGY; POACEAE; POLLEN; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ALLERGENS; CROSS REACTIONS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; POACEAE; POLLEN; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84901245936     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cea.12317     Document Type: Review

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