House dust mite fauna in the Klang Valley, Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 712-721

  Mariana, A ^a   Ho, T M ^a   Sofian Azirun, M ^b   Wong, A L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLASSIFICATION; DUST; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFESTATION; MALAYSIA; MITE; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; DUST; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034577570     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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