Low-flow, long-term air sampling under normal domestic activity to measure house dust mite and cockroach allergens

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 293-298

  Park, Jung Won ^a   Kim, Cheol Woo ^a   Kang, Dae Bong ^a   Lee, In Young ^a   Choi, Soo Young ^a   Yong, Tai Soon ^a   Shin, Dong Cheon ^a   Kim, Kyu Earn ^a   Hong, Chein Soo ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air sampler; Cockroach; House dust mite; Indoor allergens

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COCKROACH ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; KITCHEN;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; COCKROACHES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KOREA; MALE; PATCH TESTS; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037497398     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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