The control of house dust mites in rugs through wet cleaning

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1214-1217

  De Boer, Rob ^a   Van Der Hoeven, Wietske A D ^a   Kuller, Kees ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dermatophagoides; house dust allergy; House dust mites; rugs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISINFECTION; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HOUSEHOLD; INSECT CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029954491     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(96)70187-2     Document Type: Article

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