House dust mite allergen accumulation on sheepskins

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 1076, 1998, Pages 408-409

  Siebers, Robert W ^a   O'Grady, Gregory B ^a   Fitzharris, Penny ^a   Crane, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BED; BUILDING; DUST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MITE; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTOR; SHEEP; TIME;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BEDDING AND LINENS; DUST; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; MITES; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032561524     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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