Seasonal prevalence of allergenic mites in house dust of Kolkata Metropolis, India

Aerobiologia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-47

  Podder, Sanjoy ^a,b   Gupta, Salil Kumar ^a   Saha, Goutam Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b DARJEELING GOVERNMENT COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Allergen; Dust; India; Kolkata; Mite; Seasonal prevalence

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTROGLYCYPHAGUS GENICULATUS; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; HABITAT; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; INDIA; MITE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ACARI; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 58849120856     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-008-9107-1     Document Type: Article

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