Personal exposure to house dust mite allergen in bed: Nasal air sampling and reservoir allergen levels

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 856-859

  Gore, R B ^a   Hadi, E A ^a   Craven, M ^a   Smillie, F I ^a   O'Meara, T J ^b   Tovey, E R ^b   Woodcock, A ^a   Custovic, A ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergen exposure; House dust mite; Nasal air sampling

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE BREATHING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLEEP;

EID: 0036280185     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2002.01403.x     Document Type: Article

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