β(1→3)-Glucan in house dust of German homes: Housing characteristics, occupant behavior, and relations with endotoxins, allergens and molds

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 139-144

  Gehring, Ulrike ^a,b   Douwes, Jeroen ^c   Doekes, Gert ^c   Koch, Andrea ^d   Bischof, Wolfgang ^d   Fahlbusch, Bärbel ^d   Richter, Kai ^e   Wichmann, H Erich ^a,b   Heinrich, Joachim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e KRANKENHAUS GROSSHANSDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergens; Endotoxins; House dust; Housing characteristics; Indoor factors; Molds; Occupant behaviour; (1 3) glucans

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BETA GLUCAN; ENDOTOXIN; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; BETA-1,3-GLUCAN; GLUCAN;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BEHAVIOR; CAT; CLADOSPORIUM; CLEANING; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOG; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FUNGUS SPORE; GERMANY; HOME; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MITE; MOULD; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; VACUUM; CHEMISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGUS; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; STATISTICS;

ACARI; ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CLADOSPORIUM; FELIS CATUS; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; BEHAVIOR; BETA-GLUCANS; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGI; GERMANY; GLUCANS; HOUSEKEEPING; HOUSING; HUMANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0034744741     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109139     Document Type: Article

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