Contamination of public facilities with Dermatophagoides mites (Acari: Pyroglyphidae) in Japan

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-50

  Konishi, Eiji ^a   Uehara, Kozo ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergy; Arachnida; Distribution; Public facilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032971489     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006121401348     Document Type: Article

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