Duration of airborne Fel d 1 reduction after cat washing

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 521-522

  Nageotte, Christian ^a   Park, Michael ^b   Havstad, Suzanne ^a   Zoratti, Edward ^a   Ownby, Dennis ^c  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Advanced Allergy and Asthma Care   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FEL D 1 ALLERGEN; FRESH WATER; TAP WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; CAT; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR; IMMERSION; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT T TEST;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CATS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; WATER;

EID: 33746495730     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2006.04.049     Document Type: Letter

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