Repeated measurements of allergens and endotoxin in settled house dust over a time period of 6 years

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1659-1666

  Topp, R ^a   Wimmer, K ^a   Fahlbusch, B ^b   Bischof, W ^b   Richter, K ^c   Wichmann, H E ^a,d   Heinrich, J ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c KRANKENHAUS GROSSHANSDORF   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biocontaminants; Cat allergen; Correlation; Endotoxin; Exposure; Floor dust; Mattress dust; Mite allergen; Repeated measurements; Settled house dust

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ENDOTOXIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BED; CAT; EXPOSURE; HOUSE DUST; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEEZING;

ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; BEDS; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0347477334     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2003.01807.x     Document Type: Article

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