Air cleaners and airborne allergens

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 335-337

  De Blay, F ^a   Colas, F ^a   Richard, M C ^a   Ott, M ^a   Verot A ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ALLERGY; CAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DOG; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RAT;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CATS; DOGS; ELECTROSTATICS; FILTRATION; MITES; POLLEN; RATS;

EID: 0030678122     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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