Carpet properties that affect the retention of cat allergen

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-36

  Lewis, Roger D ^a   Breysse, Patrick N ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; CAT; DUST; FIBER; HOUSEHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VACUUM;

EID: 0033961927     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62737-8     Document Type: Article

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