Mite fauna in the home and sensitivity to house-dust and storage mites

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 681-690

  Warner, Aina ^a,d   Bostrom S ^b   Moller C ^c   Kjellman, N I M ^d  

^a HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; House dust mites; IgE antibodies; Monoclonal antibodies; Storage mites

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BED; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSE DUST; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHILD; DUST; HOUSING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MITES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032815861     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.1999.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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