Effects of climatic changes and urban air pollution on the rising trends of respiratory allergy and asthma.

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Published in Multidiscip Respir Med on February 28, 2011

Authors

Gennaro D'Amato1

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Pneumology and Allergology Department of Respiratory Diseases, High Speciality Hospital "A, Cardarelli", Naples, Italy. gdamato@qubisoft.it.

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