Concentrations of cat and dust-mite allergens in dust samples from 92 large US office buildings from the BASE Study

Indoor Air, Supplement

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 82-88

  Macher, J M ^a,c   Tsai, F C ^a   Burton, L E ^b   Liu, K S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c MS G365/EHLB ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaerosols; Building Assessment Survey and Evaluation Study; Cat allergen; Dust mite allergen; Office buildings

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

AMBIENT AIR; BUILDING; CAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

ACARI;

EID: 20444379681     PISSN: 09085920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2005.00347.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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