Comparisons of the allergenic mite prevalence in dwellings and certain outdoor environments of the Upper Silesia (southwest Poland)

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 210, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 715-724

  Solarz, Krzysztof ^a   Senczuk, Liliana ^a   Maniurka, Hanna ^a   Cichecka, Ewelina ^a   Peszke, Magdalena ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allergenic mites; Communal wastes; Dermatophagoides spp.; Dwellings; House dust mites; Litter; Poland; Refuse; Tyrophagus spp.; Urban area

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ACARIDAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; EUROGLYPHUS MAYNEI; GLYCYPHAGIDAE; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RHIZOGLYPHUS ROBINI; THYREOPHAGUS; TYROLICHUS CASEI; TYROPHAGUS; TYROPHAGUS LONGIOR; TYROPHAGUS PUTRESCENTIAE;

EID: 36049042059     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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