The effects of carpet fresheners and other additives on the behaviour of indoor allergen assays

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 470-477

  Chew, G L ^a   Higgins, K M ^b   Milton, D K ^c   Burge, H A ^c  

^a Columbia School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergens; Bla g 1; Carpet freshener; Der f 1; Der p 1; ELISA; Fel d 1

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; PESTICIDE;

ALLERGY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOUSE DUST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DUST; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; GLYCOPROTEINS; PESTICIDES; SODIUM BICARBONATE;

EID: 0032903224     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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