Environmental pollution and allergy: Historical aspects

Chemical Immunology and Allergy

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 268-277

  Behrendt, Heidrun ^a,b   Alessandrini, Francesca ^a,b   Buters, Jeroen ^a,b   Krämer, Ursula ^c   Koren, Hillel ^d   Ring, Johannes ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Christine Kühne Center for Allergy Research and Education CK CARE   (Germany)

^c IUF LEIBNIZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ALLERGOTOXICOLOGY; ALLERGY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CLINICAL STUDY; EUROPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOXICOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; EXHAUST GAS; HISTORY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; TH2 CELL; TOXICITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; ALLERGEN; EXHAUST GAS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TH2 CELLS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84927170954     PISSN: 16602242     EISSN: 16622898     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000359918     Document Type: Review

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