Dust mite avoidance in atopic dermatitis

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 433-437

  Friedmann, P S ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DERMATITIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOME CARE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DUST; HUMANS; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; TICK CONTROL;

EID: 0033428955     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.1999.00525.x     Document Type: Review

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