Allergens and endotoxin in settled dust from day-care centers and schools in Oslo, Norway

Indoor Air

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 356-362

  Instanes, C ^a   Hetland, G ^b   Berntsen, S ^a,c   Lovik M ^a,d   Nafstad, P ^a,e  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Allergen; Day care Center; Endotoxin; House Dust; Indoor Environment; School

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIES; DUST; FLOORS; TEACHING;

DAY CARE CENTERS; DUST SAMPLES; ENDOTOXIN; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOUSE DUST; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; LIMULUS AMEBOCYTE LYSATE; SCHOOL; SETTLED DUST;

ALLERGENS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LIMULUS;

EID: 24044461064     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2005.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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