Why is allergy increasing? – environmental factors
- 1 December 1998
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical and Experimental Allergy
- Vol. 28 (S6) , 8-14
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.0280s6008.x
Abstract
Data from epidemiological studies have shown that allergic conditions have increased over the last 30–40 years, particularly in developed countries, despite a decrease in the severity of grass pollen...Keywords
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