Reduction in the spread of rodent urinary allergens during cage changing by Laminar Air Flow cabins. Reduction in rodent allergens by LAF cabins"

Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 149-154

  Krohn, Thomas C ^a   Hansen, Axel Kornerup ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allergens; Cage changing; Exposure; Laboratory animal allergy; Mice; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AIRFLOW; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CAGE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROTECTION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RAT; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 7044237303     PISSN: 09013393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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