House dust mite allergen (Der p 1) accumulation on new synthetic and feather pillows

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 182-185

  Rains, N ^a   Siebers, R ^a   Crane, J ^a   Fitzharris, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allergen; Asthma; Der p 1; House dust mites; Pillows

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEATHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; BEDDING AND LINENS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEATHERS; GLYCOPROTEINS; MITES; POLYESTERS;

EID: 0033006453     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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