Climate and aeroallergen levels in asthma: A 12 month prospective study

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 528-534

  Epton, Michael J ^a   Martin, Isobel R ^a   Graham, Patrick ^a   Healy, Patricia E ^b   Smith, Heather ^b   Balasubramaniam, Rengasamy ^c   Harvey, Ian C ^d   Fountain, David W ^e   Hedley, John ^b   Town, G Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Wairau Hospital   (New Zealand)

^c THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^d AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acroallergen; Asthma; Climate; Fungal spores

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLIMATE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 8544224246     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.6.528     Document Type: Article

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