Human scalps as a reservoir of domestic mites

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9049, 1997, Pages 404-

  Naspitz, Charles K ^a   Diniz, Cristina ^b   Rizzo, M Cândida ^b   Fernandez Caldas E ^b   Solé, Dirceu ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Leti Laboratories   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; HUMAN; MITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP;

EID: 0343765758     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)80026-8     Document Type: Article

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