House dust in seven Danish offices

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 28, 2000, Pages 4767-4779

  Molhave L ^a   Schneider, T ^b   Kjaergaard S K ^a   Larsen, L ^c   Norn, S ^d   Jorgensen O ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^c ALK ABELLÓ   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allergens; Endotoxin; Microorganisms; Office dust; Suspended particulates

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DUST; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

AIRBORNE DUSTS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALLERGEN; ENDOTOXIN; HISTAMINE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

DUST;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CAT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DOG; DUST EXPOSURE; FIBER; FUNGUS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HOUSE DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MICROORGANISM; MITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTENT;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 0034283104     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(00)00104-7     Document Type: Article

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