Determinants of house dust endotoxin in three European countries - The AIRALLERG study

Indoor Air

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-79

  Giovannangelo, M ^a   Gehring, Ulrike ^a,b   Nordling, E ^c   Oldenwening, M ^a   Terpstra, G ^a   Bellander, T ^c,d   Hoek, G ^a   Heinrich, J ^b   Brunekreef, B ^a,e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Endotoxin; House Dust; Housing Characteristics; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; FLOORS; HOUSES;

CHILD; DUST SAMPLES; ENDOTOXIN; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; HOUSE DUST; HOUSING CHARACTERISTIC; LIVING ROOM; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROOM FLOORS; SWEDISHS;

DUST;

EID: 33846641751     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2006.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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