Sensitization to non-pyroglyphid mites in urban population of Croatia

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-57

  Kanceljak Macan, Božica ^a   Macan, Jelena ^a   Buneta, Lucija ^b   Milković Kraus, Sanja ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^b University Hospital for Lung Diseases Jordanovac   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Allergens, dust; Atopic hypersensitivity; Croatia; Housedust; Hypersensitivity, immediate; IgE; Skin test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DUST EXPOSURE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MITE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRICK TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENSITIZATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROATIA; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MITES; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SKIN TESTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034060169     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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