Mites in dust samples from mattress surfaces from single beds or cribs in the south Brazilian city of Londrina

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 132-136

  Da Silva, Dagoberto Ribeiro ^a,b   Binotti, Raquel Soares ^a   Da Silva, Cleide Moreira ^a   De Oliveira, Celso Henrique ^a   Condino Neto, Antônio ^a   De Capitani, Eduardo Mello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allergy; Bed frame; Bedroom; House dust mites; Storage mites

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ARTICLE; BED; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; EXPOSURE; FAUNA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SENSITIZATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BEDS; BRAZIL; CHILD; DUST; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; MITES;

EID: 17044373597     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2005.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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