The relationship of housing and household characteristics to the indoor concentrations of Der f 1, Der p 1, and Fel d 1 measured in dust and air samples

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 564-571

  Peterson, Edward L ^a,b,d   Ownby, Dennis R ^c   Johnson, Christine C ^a,b  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d HENRY FORD HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; PROTEIN DER F 1; PROTEIN DER P 1; PROTEIN FEL D 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE ANTIGEN F 1; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS ANTIGEN P 1; FEL D 1 PROTEIN, FELIS DOMESTICUS; GLYCOPROTEIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CAT; CHILD; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DOG; DUST EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DUST; HOUSING; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; CATS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038206444     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61852-2     Document Type: Article

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