Domestic allergens and endotoxin in three hospitals offering in-patient rehabilitation for allergic diseases in the alpine mountain climate of Bavaria - The AURA study

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-26

  Eberlein, B ^a,b   Gulyas, A F ^c   Schultz, K ^d   Lecheler, J ^d   Flogel S ^c   Wolfmeyer, C ^d   Thiessen, K ^d   Jakob, T ^e   Schuster, T ^f   Hollweck, R ^f   Ring, J ^b   Behrendt, H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Klinik Santa Maria   (Germany)

^d Fachklinik Allgäu ^*  (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Der f 1; Der p 1; Endotoxin; Fel d 1; Indoor allergens

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ENDOTOXIN; FEL D 1 PROTEIN, FELIS DOMESTICUS; GLYCOPROTEIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BED; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERMANY; HOSPITAL; HOUSING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MITE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; BEDS; CATS; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERMANY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOSPITALS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MITES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ACARI; LIMULUS;

EID: 57649104252     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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