House-dust mites and summer cottages

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1200-1203

  Korsgaard, Jens ^a,b   Harving, H ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Dermatophagoides spp.; House dust mites; Indoor climate; Storage mites; Summer cottages

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BED; CLIMATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN;

ACARIDAE; BEDS; DENMARK; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 23844470909     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2005.00840.x     Document Type: Article

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