Metropolitan home living conditions associated with indoor endotoxin levels

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 107, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2001, Pages 790-796

  Gereda, Jose E ^a   Klinnert, Mary D ^a   Price, Marcie R ^a   Leung, Donald Y M ^a   Liu, Andrew H ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Allergen; Allergy; Animal; Asthma; Cat; Dog; Endotoxin; House dust; Infants; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ENDOTOXIN;

AIR CONDITIONING; ALLERGY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SMOKING;

EID: 0035022418     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2001.115245     Document Type: Article

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