A pilot study on the effect of one room mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR) units on house dust mite populations and Der p 1 levels in laboratory simulated bedrooms and on ambient conditions in an occupied bedroom in Cambridge, UK

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 301-313

  Htut, Tin ^a   Burgess, Ian F ^a   Maunder, John W ^a   Basham, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Medical Entomology Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Der p 1; house dust mites; mite allergic asthma; MVHR; ventilation

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DUST CONTROL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NONHUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ASTIGMATA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 0029804453     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603129609356901     Document Type: Article

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