Airborne house dust particles and diesel exhaust particles as allergen carriers

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 702-708

  Ormstad, H ^a,b   Johansen, B V ^a,b   Gaarder, P I ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Airborne allergens; Diesel exhaust; House dust; Immunogold labelling

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CAT; DANDER; DOG; EXHAUST GAS; HOUSE DUST; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOOT;

EID: 0031831396     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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