Allergen content in dust from homes and schools in northern Norway in relation to sensitization and allergy symptoms in schoolchildren

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 252-261

  Dotterud, L K ^a,e   Van, T D ^b   Kvammen, B ^c   Dybendal, T ^d   Elsayed, S ^b   Falk, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Sør Varanger Community   (Norway)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

allergens; atopy; classrooms; Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; ELISA; floor dust; house dust mite; humidity; living rooms; mattresses; pets; RAST inhibition; schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MALE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; CATS; CHILD; DOGS; DUST; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MITES; NORWAY;

EID: 0030971429     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1997.tb00703.x     Document Type: Article

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