Allergy and asthma: Effects of the exposure to particulate matter and biological allergens

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1089-1104

  Baldacci, S ^a   Maio, S ^a   Cerrai, S ^a   Sarno, G ^a   Baiz N ^b,c   Simoni, M ^a   Annesi Maesano, I ^b,c   Viegi, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUT PIERRE LOUIS D EPIDÉMIOLOGIE ET DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Allergic diseases; Asthma; Biological allergens; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; COCKROACH; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FUNGUS; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PET ANIMAL; POLLEN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84941744906     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2015.05.017     Document Type: Review

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