Allergen reduction measures in houses of allergic asthmatic patients: Effects of air-cleaners and allergen-impermeable mattress covers

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1217-1223

  Van Der Heide, S ^a   Kauffman, H F ^a   Dubois, A E J ^a   De Monchy, J G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air filtration; Airway hyperresponsiveness; Allergens; House dust mites; Mattress covers

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUST; FEMALE; FILTER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BEDDING AND LINENS; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CATS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DUST; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITES; PULMONARY VENTILATION;

EID: 0030912627     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.97.10061217     Document Type: Article

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