House dust mite allergen in US beds: Results from the first National Survey of Lead and Allergens in Housing

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 408-414

  Arbes Jr , Samuel J ^a   Cohn, Richard D ^b   Yin, Ming ^b   Muilenberg, Michael L ^c   Burge, Harriet A ^c   Friedman, Warren ^d   Zeldin, Darryl C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Research Triangle Institute   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d US Dept of Housing/Urban Devmt   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; House dust mite allergen; Indoor allergens; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037329742     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2003.16     Document Type: Article

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