Domestic allergens in public places III: House dust mite, cat, dog and cockroach allergens in British hospitals

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-59

  Custovic, A ^a   Fletcher, A ^a   Pickering, C A C ^a   Francis, H C ^a   Green, R ^a   Smith, A ^a   Chapman, M ^a   Woodcock, A ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergens; Cat; Cockroach; Dog; Hospitals; House dust mite

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAT; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FURNITURE; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOUSE DUST; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; ASTHMA; BEDS; CATS; COCKROACHES; DOGS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; GLYCOPROTEINS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MITES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0031962610     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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