The effect of sub-floor heating on house-dust-mite populations on floors and in furniture

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 315-330

  De Boer, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dermatophagoides; House dust allergy; House dust mites; Indoor climate; Rugs; Sub floor heating

Indexed keywords

MITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUILDING; FURNITURE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEATING; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFESTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SEASON;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HEATING; HUMIDITY; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MITE INFESTATIONS; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SEASONS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ASTIGMATA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 1642528908     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025807913331     Document Type: Article

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