Classroom aeroallergen exposure in Arkansas Head Start centers

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 358-363

  Perry, Tamara T ^a   Vargas, Perla A ^b   Bufford, Jeremy ^c   Feild, Charles ^a   Flick, Michael ^d   Simpson, Pippa M ^a   Hamilton, Robert G ^e   Jones, Stacie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^c MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROALLERGEN; ALLERGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLASSROOM EXPOSURE; COCKROACH; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DUST EXPOSURE; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHER;

EID: 42049120671     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60599-6     Document Type: Article

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