House dust mite allergens in domestic homes in Cheonan, Korea

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 187-189

  Nam, Hae Seon ^a   Siebers, Robert ^a   Lee, Sun Hwa ^a   Park, Joon Soo ^b   Kim, Yong Bae ^b   Choi, Young Jin ^b   Lee, Sang Han ^b   Crane, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Allergen; Asthma; Dermatophagoides farina; Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; House dust mite; Korea

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE ANTIGEN F 1; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS ANTIGEN P 1;

ARTICLE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; KOREA; ANIMAL; BED; BUILDING; DUST; HOUSING; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; BEDDING AND LINENS; DUST; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING; HUMANS; KOREA; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 56149097623     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2008.46.3.187     Document Type: Article

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