Indoor allergen exposure in West and East Germany: A cause for different prevalences of asthma and atopy?

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 159-168

  Hirsch, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic sensitization; Cats; Cockroach; Fur pets; House dust mites; Life style

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BUILDING; CAT; COCKROACH; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MOULD; POLLEN; PREVALENCE;

ACARI; ASTIGMATA; BLATTARIA; FELIS CATUS; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 0033370203     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.1999.14.3.159     Document Type: Article

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