Childhood cat allergen exposure in three European countries: The AIRALLERG study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 369, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 82-90

  Giovannangelo, Mariëlla ^a   Gehring, Ulrike ^a,d   Nordling, Emma ^b   Oldenwening, Marieke ^a   de Wind, Siegfried ^a   Bellander, Tom ^b   Almqvist, Catarina ^c   Heinrich, Joachim ^d   Hoek, Gerard ^a   Brunekreef, Bert ^a,e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cat allergen; Home characteristics; Living room floor; Mattress

Indexed keywords

CAT ALLERGEN; HOME CHARACTERISTICS; LIVING ROOM FLOOR; MATTRESS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DUST; FLOORS; PULMONARY DISEASES;

ALLERGIES;

ALLERGEN;

ASTHMA; DUST; HEALTH RISK; MORBIDITY; POLLEN; POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BED; BUILDING; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EUROPE; EXPOSURE; GERMANY; HOUSE DUST; LABORATORY TEST; MATERIAL STATE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SWEDEN; VACUUM;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; BEDS; CATS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; GERMANY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOUSING; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; SWEDEN;

BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33747880012     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.04.029     Document Type: Article

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