Clothing is a carrier of cat allergens

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 577-578

  D'Amato, Gennaro ^a   Liccardi, Gennaro ^a   Russo, Maria ^a   Barber, Domingo ^b   D'Amato, Maria ^a   Carreira, Jose ^b  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Department of Biological Investigation   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

AIR SAMPLING; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOME; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0031002132     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(97)70088-5     Document Type: Article

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