Indoor determinants of Der p 1 and Der f 1 concentrations in house dust are different

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 376-382

  Gross, I ^a   Heinrich, J ^a   Fahlbusch, B ^c   Jager L ^c   Bischof, W ^b   Wichmann, H E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Der f 1; Der p 1; Determinants; House dust mites; Housing; Indoor

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERMANY; HOUSE DUST; HOUSING; HUMIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DUST; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MITES;

EID: 0034105235     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2000.00780.x     Document Type: Article

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