Child-care center sandpits: A source of cat allergen (Fel d 1)

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 533-534

  Siebers, Rob ^a   Oldfield, Karen ^a   Crane, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; CHILD CARE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAND;

ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; NEW ZEALAND; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 33746481004     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2006.04.026     Document Type: Letter

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