Prevalence and determinants of house dust mite allergen in East German homes

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 956-964

  Hirsch, Th ^a   Range, U ^a   Walther, K U ^a   Hederer, B ^a   Lassig S ^a   Frey, G ^b   Leupold, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b Kinderklinik am Klinikum Aue   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic sensitization; Dwelling characteristics; East German life style; House dust mites; Indoor allergen exposure

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ARTICLE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HOUSE DUST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; CHILD; DUST; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERMANY, EAST; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOUSING; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MITES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031691606     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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