Allergens in school settings: Results of environmental assessments in 3 city school systems

Journal of School Health

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 246-249

  Abramson, Stuart L ^a,b   Turner Henson, Anne ^c   Anderson, Lise ^d   Hemstreet, Mary P ^e   Tang, Shenghui ^e   Bartholomew, L Kay ^f   Joseph, Christine L M ^g   Tyrrell, Shellie ⁱ   Clark, Noreen M ^d   Ownby, Dennis ^b,h  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^h MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

ⁱ BG 1019 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ALLERGEN BLA G 2; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE ANTIGEN F 1; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS ANTIGEN P 1; FEL D 1 PROTEIN, FELIS DOMESTICUS; GLYCOPROTEIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METHODOLOGY; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SCHOOL; SEASON; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALABAMA; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASPARTIC ACID ENDOPEPTIDASES; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SCHOOLS; SEASONS; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33747512149     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2006.00105.x     Document Type: Article

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