Air filtration devices in the control of indoor allergens

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 397-400

  Wood, Robert A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Active Filter; Allergen Level; Allergic Rhinitis; Allergy Clin Immunol; Indoor Allergen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AIR; ANIMAL; FILTRATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INSTRUMENTATION; REVIEW;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; FILTRATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0036716442     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: 15346315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-002-0073-3     Document Type: Article

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