The allergenic acarofauna of house dust from dwellings, hospitals, libraries and institutes in Upper Silesia (Poland)

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-85

  Solarz, Krzysztof ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acari; Acaridae; Acarofauna; Allergy; Dwellings; Glycyphagidae; House dust mites; House dust mite atopy; Public localities; Pyroglyphidae

Indexed keywords

ALLERGENICITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HOSPITAL; HOUSE DUST; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMIDITY; LIBRARY; LIFE CYCLE; MITE; NONHUMAN; POLAND; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DUST; HOSPITALS; HOUSING; HUMANS; LIBRARIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLAND; UNIVERSITIES;

ACARI; ACARIDAE; ARACHNIDA; ASTIGMATA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; EUROGLYPHUS MAYNEI; GLYCYPHAGIDAE; HEXAPODA; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 0031776214     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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