High prevalence of storage mite sensitization in a general adult population

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 401-405

  Vidal, C ^a,c   Boquete, O ^b   Gude, F ^a   Rey, J ^b   Meijide, L M ^b   Fernandez Merino M C ^b   Gonzalez Quintela A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b Primary Care Unit   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE CONXO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lepidoglyphus destructor, mites; Storage mites; Tyrophagus putrescentiae

Indexed keywords

AEROALLERGEN; ALLERGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULTHOOD; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURE; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; DANDER; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GENDER; GRAIN; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LEPIDOGLYPHUS DESTRUCTOR; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLEN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SENSITIZATION; SMOKING AND SMOKING RELATED PHENOMENA; STORAGE; STORAGE MITE; STORAGE MITE ALLERGY; TYROPHAGUS PUTRESCENTIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 1642441697     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2003.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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