The environmental risk posed to children by indoor allergens;Expositionsrisiko von Kindern gegenüber Innenraumallergenen

Zentralblatt fur Hygiene und Umweltmedizin

Volumn 199, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 320-333

  Engelhart, Steffen ^a   Gilges, Susanne ^a   Exner, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAY CARE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFANT; MALE; NURSERY SCHOOL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RISK; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CATS; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK; SCHOOLS, NURSERY;

EID: 0030325457     PISSN: 09348859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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