Variation of biocontaminant levels within and between homes - The AIRALLERG study

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 134-140

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

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergens; Endotoxin; Exposure assessment; Measurement error; Mould

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; ENDOTOXIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GERMANY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSE DUST; NETHERLANDS; POLLUTANT; SWEDEN;

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

PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 34047184223     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jes.7500482     Document Type: Article

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