House-dust mites and asthma. A review on house-dust mites as a domestic risk factor for mite asthma

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Supplement

Volumn 53, Issue 48, 1998, Pages 77-83

  Korsgaard, J ^a  

^a SILKEBORG REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asthma; House dust mites; Risk; Threshold

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ASTHMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

EID: 0032456812     PISSN: 01081675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1998.tb05003.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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