A controlled intervention study concerning the effect of intended temperature rise on house dust mite load

Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 163-168

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

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dermatophagoides; House dust mites; Humidity; Intervention; Season; Temperature

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

ACARI; ASTIGMATA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 0036912757     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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