Pets and vermin are associated with high endotoxin levels in house dust

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1839-1845

  Heinrich, J ^a   Gehring, U ^a,b   Douwes, J ^c   Koch, A ^d   Fahlbusch, B ^e   Bischof, W ^d   Wichmann, H E ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e Institute of Clinical Immunology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endotoxin; House dust; Indoor factors; Pets; Vermin

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; KINETICS; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SENSITIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTS; CATS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCKROACHES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOGS; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; GERMANY; GUINEA PIGS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MICE; RABBITS; SEASONS;

EID: 0035666290     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2001.01220.x     Document Type: Article

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