Variability of airborne cat allergen, Fel d1, in a public place

Indoor Air

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 353-358

  Munir, A K M ^a   Einarsson, R ^b   Dreborg, S ^c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b BEKI Diagnostics AB   (Sweden)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Airborne allergen; Cat allergen; Fel d1; Variability

Indexed keywords

DUST;

AIR FLOW-RATE; AIR SAMPLERS; AIRBORNE ALLERGEN; CAT ALLERGEN; FEL D1; HIGH VOLUMES; PER UNIT; PUBLIC PLACES; SENSITISATION; VARIABILITY;

ALLERGENS;

ALLERGEN; FEL D1; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; ALLERGY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOW RATE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0346995105     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2003.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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