Endotoxin and indoor allergen levels in kindergartens and daycare centres in Wellington, New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 1248, 2007, Pages

  Oldfield, Karen ^a   Siebers, Rob ^a   Crane, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ENDOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DAY CARE; DUST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KINDERGARTEN; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; NEW ZEALAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; CHILD; INFANT; NEWBORN; SCHOOL; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOTOXINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEW ZEALAND; SCHOOLS;

EID: 33846785610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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