Domestic allergens in public places II: Dog (Can f 1) and cockroach (Bla g 2) allergens in dust and mite, cat, dog and cockroach allergens in the air in public buildings

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1246-1252

  Custovic, A ^a   Green, R ^a   Taggart, S C O ^a   Smith, A ^a   Pickering, C A C ^a   Chapman, M D ^b   Woodcock, A ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne; Asthma; Bla g 2; Can f 1; Der p 1; Domestic allergens; Fel d 1; Public places; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COCKROACH; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CATS; COCKROACHES; DOGS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GLYCOPROTEINS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0029912592     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00521.x     Document Type: Article

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