Home and school environmental assessment and remediation

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 419-425

  Lupoli, Thomas A ^a   Ciaccio, Christina E ^b   Portnoy, Jay M ^b  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; HYPOCHLORITE; PESTICIDE;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGENICITY; ASTHMA; CAT; CLEANING; COCKROACH; CONTAMINATION; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FALLING; FILTRATION; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; MOULD; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIZATION; SUMMER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VACUUM;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70350141830     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-009-0062-x     Document Type: Review

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