Dust anchoring characteristics of electret fibres with respect to Der p 1 allergen carrying particles

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 615-620

  Gaynor, P T ^a,b   Hughes, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allergen avoidance; Der p 1; Electrostatic anchoring; House dust mite; Particle size

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIES; ELECTRETS; ELECTROSTATICS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYPROPYLENES;

ALLERGEN AVOIDANCE; DUST ANCHORING; ELECTRET FIBRES; ELECTROSTATIC AVOIDANCE; HOUSE DUST MITE;

DUST ABATEMENT;

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; FILTRATION; HOUSE DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DUST; ELECTROSTATICS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MITES; POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 0032169873     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02524433     Document Type: Article

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