Use of an electrostatic dust cloth for self-administered home allergen collection

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-155

  Cozen, Wendy ^a   Avol, Ed ^a   Diaz Sanchez, David ^b   McConnell, Rob ^a   Gauderman, W James ^a   Cockburn, Myles G ^a   Zadnick, John ^a   Jyrala, Minna ^c   Mack, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDER; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DUST CLOTH; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOME; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; HYGIENE PRODUCT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CALIFORNIA; CATS; COCKROACHES; DUST; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MITES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXTILES;

EID: 41949131693     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.11.2.150     Document Type: Article

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