Limitations of a home characteristics questionnaire as a predictor of indoor allergen levels

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 5 PART I, 1998, Pages 1536-1541

  Chew, Ginger L ^a   Burge, Harriet A ^b   Dockery, Douglas W ^b   Muilenberg, Michael L ^b   Weiss, Scott T ^b   Gold, Diane R ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAT; COCKROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; CATS; COCKROACHES; COHORT STUDIES; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; MITES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0031776848     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.157.5.9708011     Document Type: Article

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