Exposure to microbial components and allergens in population studies: A comparison of two house dust collection methods applied by participants and fieldworkers

Indoor Air

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 414-425

  Schram Bijkerk, D ^a   Doekes, G ^a   Boeve, M ^a   Douwes, J ^a,b   Riedler, J ^c   Ublagger E ^c   Von Mutius, E ^d   Benz, M ^d   Pershagen, G ^e   Wickman, M ^f   Alfven T ^e   Braun Fahrlander C ^g   Waser, M ^g   Brunekreef, B ^a,h  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c Children's Hospital   (Austria)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergens; Exposure assessment; House dust; Microbial agents; Sampling

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DUST; HOUSES; POLYSACCHARIDES;

COLLECTION METHODS; COST EFFECTIVE; DUST COLLECTION; DUST SAMPLES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HOUSE DUST; LARGE-SCALES; MICROBIAL AGENT; MICROBIAL COMPONENTS; POPULATION STUDIES;

ALLERGENS;

ACARI;

EID: 33750726397     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2006.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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