A side-by-side comparison of sampling methods for settled, indoor allergens

Environmental Research

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-46

  Mansour, Mona ^a   Lanphear, Bruce P ^a   Hornung, Richard ^a   Khoury, Jane ^b   Bernstein, David I ^a   Menrath, William ^b   Decolongon, Joji ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Dust; Environment; IgE; Indoor allergens; Pediatrics; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ASTHMA; SAMPLING;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AIR SAMPLING; ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACARI; BLATTARIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0034820714     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.2001.4284     Document Type: Article

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