Only few Danish furniture workers are sensitised to pine and beech wood

V. Schlünssen, G. Jacobsen, S. Kespohl, M. Raulf-Heimsoth, I. Schaumburg, T. Sigsgaard (Aarhus, Viborg, Denmark; Bochum, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - The adaptive and innate immune system at work
Session: The adaptive and innate immune system at work
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 4194
Disease area: Airway diseases

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