The effect of frequent vacuum cleaning on the house dust mite allergen, der p 1 in carpets: A pilot study

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1056, 1997, Pages 438-439

  Adilah, Nik ^b   Fitzharris, Penny ^b   Crane, Julian ^b   Siebers, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUILDING; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MITE; NEW ZEALAND; PILOT STUDY; TIME; VACUUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; MITES; NEW ZEALAND; PILOT PROJECTS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; VACUUM;

EID: 0031589658     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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