Residential characteristics predict changes in Der p 1, Fel d 1 and ergosterol but not fungi over time

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1281-1288

  Matheson, Melanie C ^a   Dharmage, S C ^b   Forbes, A B ^a   Raven, J M ^c   Woods, R K ^a   Thien, F C K ^c   Guest, D I ^b   Rolland, J M ^d   Haydn Walters, E ^e   Abramson, M J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergens; Asthma; Fungi; House dust mite; Residential characteristics

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ERGOSTEROL;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DUST; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AIR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CATS; DUST; ERGOSTEROL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNGI; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MIDDLE AGED; PYROGLYPHIDAE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0043237874     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01747.x     Document Type: Article

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