Does air pollution really cause allergy?

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-5

  Peden, D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; OZONE; TOBACCO SMOKE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGY; AMBIENT AIR; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; DNA METHYLATION; EDITORIAL; EXHAUST GAS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MACROPHAGE; ONSET AGE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSIVE SMOKING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84919772725     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cea.12414     Document Type: Editorial

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