Daycare centers and schools as sources of exposure to mites, cockroach, and endotoxin in the city of são paulo, brazil

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 582-588

  Rullo, Vera E V ^a   Rizzo, M Candida ^a   Karla, L Arruda ^b   Solé, Dirceu ^a   Naspitz, Charles K ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allergens; Cat; Cockroach; Daycare; Dog; Endotoxin; Mites; Schools

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ENDOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAT; COCKROACH; DAY CARE; DOG; DUST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; MITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SCHOOL;

EID: 0036795062     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2002.127511     Document Type: Article

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