Decay of house-dust mite allergen Der f 1 at indoor climatic conditions

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-37

  Sidenius, Kirsten E ^a   Hallas, Thorkil E ^a   Stenderup, Jørgen ^b   Poulsen, Lars K ^a   Mosbech, Holger ^c  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DEGRADATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; GREENHOUSE; HALF LIFE TIME; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HOUSING; HUMIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036666427     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61908-4     Document Type: Article

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