House dust mite and cat allergen levels in domestic dwellings in Christchurch

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1046, 1997, Pages 229-231

  Martin, Isobel R ^b   Henwood, Jason L ^b   Wilson, Fiona ^b   Koning, Monique M ^b   Pike, Adrian J ^b   Smith, Stewart ^b   Town, G Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAT; CHILD; DUST; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MITE; NEW ZEALAND; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; CATS; CHILD; DUST; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOUSING; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MITES; NEW ZEALAND; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0031587879     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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