House dust mite allergen levels in Chiang Mai homes

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-6

  Trakultivakorn, Muthita ^a   Krudtong, Supaporn ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; THAILAND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CEIBA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HUMANS; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RISK; THAILAND;

EID: 4444333596     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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