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. 1953 Feb;78(2):117.

WIDER DISSEMINATION OF CASTOR BEAN ALLERGEN—Factors Presaging Increasing Incidence of Disease in California

Willard S Small
PMCID: PMC1521671  PMID: 13019607

Abstract

With the growing, transportation and processing of castor beans in California rapidly in creasing, it is probable that the incidence of allergic disease owing to sensitivity to the castor bean allergen also will increase.

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