Domestic aeroallergen levels in Barcelona and Menorca (Spain)

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 412-417

  Basagaña, Xavier ^d   Torrent, Maties ^d   Atkinson, Warwick ^a   Puig, Carme ^b   Barnes, Maria ^a   Vall, Oriol ^b   Jones, Meinir ^a   Sunyer, Jordi ^c   Cullinan, Paul ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Aeroallergens; Cat; Determinants; Exposure; Mites

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SPAIN;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; BEDDING AND LINENS; CATS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; SMOKING; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

EID: 12244305616     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3038.2002.02081.x     Document Type: Article

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