House-dust mite sensitivity among rural and urban asthmatics of West Bengal, India: A comparison

Aerobiologia

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 269-273

  Saha, Goutam Kumar ^a,b  

^a CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dermatophagoides; House dust; Radioallergosorbent test; Skin test

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DATA ANALYSIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; HUMAN; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ACARI; ASTIGMATA; BLATTARIA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 0031409388     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02694494     Document Type: Article

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