Assessment of vacuum cleaners and vacuum cleaner bags recommended for allergic subjects

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1079-1083

  Vaughan, John W ^a   Woodfolk, Judith A ^a   Platts Mills, Thomas A E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergen avoidance; Vacuum cleaner bags; Vacuum cleaners

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILTER; MICROFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032755598     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(99)70092-8     Document Type: Article

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