Concentrations of domestic mite and pet allergens and endotoxin in Palestine

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 623-631

  El Sharif, M ^a,b   Douwes, J ^c   Hoet, P H M ^a   Doekes, G ^d   Nemery, B ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Laboratorium voor Pneumologie   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endotoxin; Environment; Home; Mites; Palestine; Pets

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ENDOTOXIN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BED; BUILDING; CAT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOMETRY; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALESTINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RURAL AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATS; DOGS; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; REFUGEES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 2942574349     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2004.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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