Tokelau: A unique low allergen environment at sea level

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 479-482

  Lane, J ^a   Siebers, R ^a   Pene, G ^a   Howden Chapman, P ^a   Crane, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cat; Cockroach; Dog; Endotoxin; House dust mites; New Zealand; Tokelau

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BLA G 2 ALLERGEN; BLO T 5 ALLERGEN; DER F 1 ALLERGEN; DER P 1 ALLERGEN; ENDOTOXIN; FEL D 1 ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BUILDING; CAT; COCKROACH; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DOG; DUST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOUSEHOLD; KINETIC AMOEBOCYTE LYSATE ASSAY; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CATS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DOGS; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; NEW ZEALAND; POLYNESIA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 17744362115     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2005.02202.x     Document Type: Article

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